William Jordan

William Junior Jordan in 1974 (left), Age Progression to age 54 (right)
Age Progression to his 70s

Real Name: William Junior Jordan
Aliases: William "Bill" Jordan
Wanted For: Murder, Armed Robbery, Escape
Missing Since: August 6, 1984

Case[]

Details: James Rouse Jr. was a principal in Suwanee, Georgia who was married with two children. On March 6, 1974, he gave a lecture at a nearby college. That night, he stopped at a hotel bar to call his wife. While there, he met thirty-one-year-old William "Junior" Jordan and twenty-four-year-old Anthony "Ted" Prevatte, who were wanted in a series of North Carolina burglaries. They forced him into his car and abducted him at gunpoint. At the edge of a remote forest, they forced him out of his car and had him go barefoot into the woods. Once they reached the lake shore, they shot him at point blank range with a sawed-off shotgun, and he was killed instantly.
The next day, over two hundred miles away in Wadesboro, North Carolina, police got an anonymous tip that Jordan and Prevatte were hiding at the home of a friend. When they arrived, authorities noticed an unfamiliar car parked in the driveway, and as they approached the house to make an arrest, Jordan and Prevatte sped away in the car, which they had hidden in. A chase soon ensued between them and the two officers, and during this Jordan threw out a sawed-off shotgun and opened fired on the officers. In a last ditch and unsuccessful attempt to escape, they rolled the car over in a ditch and wrecked it, but they were soon arrested. They were booked on charges of breaking and entering, larceny, and assaulting officers with a firearm; when James' body was found two days later, authorities were certain they were the killers.

William junior jordan2 james rouse — James Rouse Jr.

First, the stolen car that they crashed in North Carolina was James'. Next, a shotgun shell at the murder scene matched one of their guns. Finally, authorities found trophies of the crimes: pictures of Jordan and Prevatte leaning on James' car holding the shotgun that killed him. They were tried and convicted of his murder, and sentenced to death. However, their sentences would later be commuted to life in prison. In 1991, Prevatte was paroled, but he later killed his girlfriend and was given the death sentence again; he remains on death row to this day.
After ten years of good behavior, Jordan was sent to a minimum security work farm in Odum, Georgia, and was allowed to drive a pick-up truck to be refueled. On August 6, 1984, he drove off with it and refueled it, but never came back. A month later, the man who escaped with him was arrested, but he remains at large. He reportedly visited his cousin a few weeks after the escape.
Over a decade later in 1992, Jordan was spotted in Virginia, and may still be there or may be in West Virginia, where he has relatives. He is 6'2, 150 pounds, with brown-graying hair and blue eyes. He has several distinctive tattoos, including a skeleton on his right forearm, a spider on his right upper arm, a cross with the name "Sybil" on his left forearm, and the name "Louise" on his left leg. His birth date is September 18, 1942; he would now be eighty-two-years-old.
Extra Notes: This case first aired on the September 20, 1996 episode. It was also profiled on The Hunt with John Walsh.
Results: Wanted
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