Millionaire Pharma Exec Convicted For Killing Her Son Found Dead Before New Trial

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A millionaire mother who killed her own son over 10 years ago, has been found dead following an update in her case. Gigi Jordan, a former pharmaceutical executive, was convicted of manslaughter following the death of her eight-year-old autistic son, Jude Mirra, in 2010.

If you’ve never heard of the story, consider yourself lucky. The 62-year-old admitted to using a syringe to inject a lethal mixture of painkillers, tranquilizers, and sleeping pills, combined with alcohol and orange juice, down her young son’s throat in a $2,300-a-night luxury suite at the Peninsula Hotel in Manhattan during an extreme state of emotional disturbance. Related: University Of Idaho Murder Suspect Allegedly Stalked Victims For Weeks… Later, during her trial, Gigi claimed the fateful night was intended as a murder-suicide, as she herself also ingested multiple medications before emailing a relative, who ultimately alerted authorities.

She explained that killing her son was done out of “a mother’s love,” as she feared that her first husband may kill her. She added she was preventing the boy from being handed over to his biological father, her second husband, as she suspected child abuse.

She told CBS at the time:  It should be noted that both of Gigi’s former husbands denied her claims and were never hit with any charges. Related: Dad Charged With Attempted Murder After Driving Family Off 250-Foot Cliff At the conclusion of her six-week trial in 2014, a jury acquitted the mother of murder, but found her guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.