James L. Jordan, 30, of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, was arrested early Saturday following the deadly attack in Wythe County, Virginia, that a federal prosecutor described Sunday as"senseless and brutal."
Jordan was charged with one count of murder within the special maritime territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and one count of assault with the intent to murder within the special maritime territorial jurisdiction of the United States, authorities said. "I commend local law enforcement in Wythe and Smyth Counties for mobilizing successful rescue and tactical operations in this remote region. Thanks to their efforts, the suspect was safely apprehended and the seriously wounded victim received critical medical care," Thomas T. Cullen, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia, said in a statement.
The slaying was the first murder on the Appalachian Trail, a 2,160-mile wilderness path that stretches from Maine to Georgia, since 2011 when hiker Scott Lilly, 30, of South Bend, Indiana, was slain and left in a shallow grave in Amherst County, Virginia. No one has been arrested in the homicide.
This is the face of mental illness.
Question by man arrested in machete attack: “Would you do me? I’d do me!”
Shame the hikers didn’t have a gun to protect themselves from the killer with the machete.
Looks a bit like Ted Bundy!
I'm shocked that you actually showed a picture of him. Y'all usually try to hide this...which only tells us who and what the criminal is...
Can we deport him and give his citizenship to one of the migrants in our southern border? 😇
Great another crazed white guy
When you leave your home or open your door, what monster are you confronted with😣
All criminals should take in prison, I wish crimes decrease in America, I can't understand why they should kill others Is money more important than humanitarian?
Oh yeah, THAT is a face of sanity...NOT.
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