World News Tonight (ABC) - 1993-08-15
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[0:00] On your side
[0:03] >> from ABC, this is World News Sunday.
[0:08] From Denver, here's Carol Simpson.
[0:11] >> Good evening. Today was the final day of
[0:14] Pope John Paul II's US visit. More on
[0:17] that later. But first, authorities in
[0:19] North Carolina now say James Jordan, the
[0:22] father of basketball superstar Michael
[0:24] Jordan, was murdered during a random
[0:27] highway robbery. Two teenagers, both
[0:30] with prior criminal records, have been
[0:32] charged. The latest from ABC's Jim
[0:34] Hickey.
[0:37] >> The two teenagers were arrested early
[0:38] this morning, charged with first-degree
[0:40] murder and armed robbery of James
[0:42] Jordan. The two 18-year-olds are
[0:44] identified as Daniel Green and Larry
[0:46] Dey, both of Robinson County, North
[0:48] Carolina. Law enforcement officials say
[0:51] they killed Jordan in an act of random
[0:53] violence. the these uh men were waiting
[0:56] to commit a robbery and uh Mr. Jordan
[0:59] just happened to be the the victim.
[1:02] >> Authorities say Jordan was shot here
[1:04] along Highway 74 after midnight on July
[1:06] 23rd. He had been returning to Charlotte
[1:09] after attending the funeral of a family
[1:11] friend and apparently had pulled over to
[1:13] rest. He was shot to death while in his
[1:17] car
[1:18] and was taken to the state of South
[1:22] Carolina and placed into the swamp where
[1:24] he was found.
[1:26] >> Jordan's body was discovered floating in
[1:28] the water nearly 2 weeks later. The body
[1:30] had no identification and South Carolina
[1:32] authorities had it cremated. They later
[1:34] discovered it was Jordan through dental
[1:36] records. Police say the suspects
[1:38] abandoned Jordan's luxury car after
[1:40] driving it for 3 days using th