Still Missing VA - Heather Hodges, 22, Rocky Mount, 9 April 2012 *arrest in 2022* *Guilty*

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JUN 13, 2023
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Trial for boyfriend of Heather Hodges who went missing in Franklin Co. in 2012 begins

In April 2022, Jordan was indicted on multiple charges, including second-degree murder. Heather Hodges was reported missing from her Rocky Mount home in 2012.
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  • On Tuesday morning, jury selection was completed ahead of the trial's start.
  • Opening arguments were also held.
  • Pittsylvania County's Bryan Haskins is the Commonwealth's Attorney.
  • He claims that blood was found in the home that was identified as Heather’s through DNA.
  • Haskins also said a fingerprint in her blood on a doorknob was identified as Paul Jordan’s fingerprint.
  • He argued that the motive for her murder was that she was leaving him and taking all the money, and their daughter with her too.
  • Haskins said she had recently come into a lot of money from her grandmother.
  • The defense attorney on the other hand said it’s true the couple had a turbulent relationship but there is dispute over how abusive it was or wasn’t.
  • He said the Commonwealth will not have a witness that can tell the jury how some of the blood got in the house or when the blood did.
  • Prosecutors also brought forward several witnesses.
  • Their testimony painted a picture of Hodges' and Jordan’s relationship around the time of her disappearance.
  • Most witnesses testified that it was an abusive relationship, some saying it was mutually abusive.
 
JUN 14, 2023
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Heather Hodges court case continues with day two of jury trial

Wednesday marked day two of the Heather Hodges case in Franklin County where her then-boyfriend Paul Jordan is being accused of murder.
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The Commonwealth called around a dozen witnesses to the stand, stand including Hodges’ former drug dealer, law enforcement, and some of the last people to see Hodges before she disappeared.

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One key piece of evidence – a door knob with blood smeared under it and Jordan’s fingerprint in it. They did not say who the blood belonged to.

The prosecution also argued Jordan used Hodges’ debit card to attempt to withdraw money. Ingrid Clemmons was a post office clerk there at the time.


“The clerk said well you going to need the pin number and he said well that’s not possible because she’s in a mental hospital,” Clemmons said.

Hodges’ former drug dealer also testified, saying he owed Hodges pills and she never came back for them. Her sister also took the stand for a second time, describing the last time she saw Hodges.

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Also see: Murder trial begins for boyfriend of missing Franklin County woman, Heather Hodges
 
AUG 22, 2023
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Man sentenced in murder of Heather Hodges

Nearly 12 years after her disappearance, Paul Jordan has been sentenced in the murder of his girlfriend, 22-year-old Heather Hodges
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After almost 12 long years, the family of Heather Hodges is one step closer to justice, but they’re not done searching for answers.

”He has a long time to think about his actions, and no other woman will be hurt again,” Hodges’ sister Crystal Songer said.

Heather Hodges’ boyfriend Paul Jordan will serve 35 years in prison – 30 for second-degree murder, and five for concealment of a body.

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