Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan for murder of stay-at-home mom of 2 Jordan's execution came nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was ...

Prior to his death, Jordan once again offered his sorrow over the decision he made in January 1976 to kidnap a Gulfport banker’s wife, Edwina Marter, for ransom after he learned that Edwina’s ...

Sometime after the movie ended, Jordan called Charles Marter, demanding $50,000 in ransom for Edwina Marter’s safe return. By then, Owen said, Edwina Marter had died.

Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head on Jan. 12, 1976.

Jordan’s service to this country or any good he has done in prison will never make up for the moment he pulled the trigger, killing Edwina Marter. This was thought out, planned out, and carried out.

Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for killing and kidnapping Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children, earlier that year.

Jordan was convicted in 1977 for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter. At 79, Jordan is the oldest and longest-serving prisoner on Mississippi's death row.

Richard Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi on Wednesday, 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a stay-at-home mother of two.

Jordan shot Edwina Marter in a wooded area in the DeSoto National Forest. Jordan then attempted to coerce her husband, Charles Marter, into leaving $25,000 in a jacket on the side of I-10.

Jordan, 79, was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing Edwina Marter in Harrison County. At the time, he was accused of collecting a $25,000 ransom from Marter's husband then taking the ...

Jordan was a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for killing and kidnapping Edwina Marter, a mother of two young ...