Appalachian Trail alleged attacker James L. Jordan threatened to burn hikers to death, FBI says

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Accused killer, 30, appeared in federal court in Virginia and was detained pending a psychiatric evaluation.

By Arelis R. Hernández and Arelis R.

The affidavit for Jordan’s arrest provides new details about the weekend incident, which stretched over two counties on the trail, within the George Washington and Jefferson national forests. The four hikers reported that they were first approached by the man on Friday night in Smyth County, Va., and that he was “acting disturbed and unstable, and was playing his guitar and singing,” according to the affidavit by FBI Special Agent Micah J. Childers.

The man then returned to the campsite, and one of the two remaining hikers argued with him, the affidavit states. The attacker then stabbed a male hiker in the upper body, while the female hiker ran, Childers wrote.

 

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I'm sorry take him out back, firing squad.

Always wanted to hike a portion of it but I hear there's plenty of weirdos just living on it

FoxNews TuckerCarlson IngrahamAngle So, this guy was well known by law enforcement and just recently was arrest in Tennessee for threatening hikers, but release because they did not want to press charges. Again, mental illness - no guns! He should have been institutionalized.

Public execution. Death penalty end of story.

(looks at WP photo) 'I'm going to go with my instinct on this one. Hop in.' /s/ Lloyd Christmas, 'Dumb & Dumber'

JoshMankiewicz And yet he was free to go out and kill

Is Mark Sanford okay?

This is... terrifying. I hiked the entire AT last year and everyone always wants to know what scared me the most out there. Isolation? Bears? Snakes? No no... people. There are some weird ones out there. I intentionally avoided shelters along the trail for a reason.

No more clicking the bic.

Who was the judge that let Jordan out after he paid a fine for threatening another group of hikers with a 20 inch knife? Who gets a fine for threatening to kill someone?

She looks like a hateful liberal. The latest shooter was a liberal tranny and the story was buried pronto.

He looks like a murderer.

A group of four hikers decided to pack up and leave their campsite due to their fear of the man, but after two of them fled, he stabbed two others, one fatally, an FBI affidavit states

Set his sorry ass on fire, after all if it was good to do to them

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