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Home » News » Insanity Plea Hands Appalachian Trail Killer ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict
Two years after he attacked two hikers on the Appalachian Trail with a machete killing one James Jordan was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Last week, a Virginia judge remanded James Jordan to a psychiatric institution indefinitely after finding him not guilty of murder, by reason of insanity. The case, one of the
grimmest incidents in the famed hiking trail’s history, stemmed from a 2019 encounter in which Jordan attacked two hikers with a machete, killing one and seriously wounding another.
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A Virginia man accused of killing an Army vet and stabbing another woman as they hiked the Appalachian trail has been found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a psychiatric hospital.
Alberto LuperonApr 25th, 2021, 3:37 pm
James L. Jordan (left), and Ronald Sanchez.
A man was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a fatal stabbing attack that took the life of a U.S. Army vet in Virginia. As part of a plea agreement, defendant
James Louis Jordan must submit to treatment. From the order on Friday by Judge
James P. Jones:
Order Committing Defendant to the custody of the Attorney General until he has recovered from his mental disease or defect to the extent that his release, or his conditional release, would no longer create a substantial risk of bodily injury to another or serious damage to property of another as to James Louis Jordan.