Sergio A Williams,47, was arrested on Mother s Day 2021 in connection with Jordan s murder, Picayune Police Capt. Rhonda Johnson confirmed to Oxygen. Police Captain Rhonda Johnson said that the Cold Justice team helped to bring fresh eyes to the case and that combined with new DNA technology helped to identify her killer and uncover a tragic family secret. The main thing was the DNA, Johnson said. We’re a small department with limited resources and we can’t afford to send that stuff off and just test 11 or 12 samples of one nightgown [searching for the suspect s DNA.] They [ Cold Justice ] did that. We got positive DNA on the nightgown.
Man Arrested For Grandmother s Murder In Case To Be Featured On Cold Justice
Decades after Leola Jordan was found slain in 1998, her grandson, Sergio A. Williams, has been charged in the case. Sergio Williams Photo: Pearl River County Sheriff s Office
A Mississippi man has been charged with the 1998 murder of his elderly grandmother in a case soon to be profiled on Oxygen’s“Cold Justice.
Leola Jordan, 91, was found dead in bed in her Picayune, Mississippi home in 1998, having suffered multiple stab wounds, local outlet WLOX reports.
Now her own grandson, 47-year-old Sergio A. Williams, has been arrested on Mother s Day in connection with her murder, Picayune Police Capt. Rhonda Johnson told Oxygen.com on Thursday. While the Cold Justice team wasn t in town during the arrest, Johnson said her department wore GoPro cameras to capture the moment.