Boy, 5, FOLDED DEAD IN A SUITCASE, MOMMY STILL ON THE RUN

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🗓️ 20 May 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A 5-year-old Georgia boy, Cairo Ammar Jordan, found dead in a suitcase in Indiana laid to rest. His mother, Dejuane Ludie accused in his death, but she is still at large. Indiana police say another suspect, 40-year-old Dawn Elaine Coleman of Shreveport, Louisiana, is in custody.

Investigators say the little boy died from an electrolyte imbalance. The medical examiner says that the imbalance was most likely due to a “viral gastroenteritis” caused by excessive vomiting or diarrhea.

Toxicology tests came back negative and the boy had no severe injuries. Police do not believe the boy was alive when he was placed inside the suitcase.

A mushroom hunter found the hardshell suitcase, which features the famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign. The boy's mother posted online recently saying she believed the child was really a 100-year-old demon.

TIPLINE: Indiana State Police (888) 437-6432 (within Indiana) or Detective Matt Busick, Indiana State Police in Sellersburg (812) 248-4374 or (800) 872-6743

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Steve Kramer - Former FBI Attorney and Federal Prosecutor, President: Indago Solutions, Indago.ai, Led the team that identified the Golden State Killer, Co-Founder of the FBI's Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) Program
Dr. Thomas Plante - The Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., Professor of Psychology and Religious Studies, Santa Clara University; Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine; Editor, Spirituality in Clinical Practice; Author: " Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased: Psychological, Scientific, and Theological Perspectives."
Detective Matt Busick - Investigations, Indiana State Police (Sellersburg, IN)
Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan"
Max Lewis - Reporter, FOX59 (Indianapolis), Twitter/Instagram: @MaxLewisTV, Facebook.com/MaxLewisTV

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0:00.0	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.
0:01.7	I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.
0:04.8	The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment that I was going to try
0:09.5	to be as compassionate as I possibly could, because when families are rocked by death, the
0:15.0	only thing they really want are answers.
0:18.2	They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.
0:26.8	Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.4	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:46.4	Somebody knows something.
0:48.6	Well, true words were never spoken, and then in the case of a boy in a suitcase.
0:57.2	A little boy, a beautiful little boy literally found in a suitcase dead.
1:06.6	When the case first hit the headlines, it was quite the furor.
1:11.8	A classic Las Vegas, welcome to Las Vegas suitcase where the iconic sticker on the side was found
1:20.0	seemingly out in the middle of nowhere in the woods in Salem, Indiana.
1:24.5	The small body stuffed into a welcome to the fabulous Las Vegas suitcase.
1:31.3	Is this real?
1:33.2	The prime suspect.
1:35.6	His mom still on the run an entire year after this taut's body found stuffed in a suitcase.
1:46.6	I mean, Nancy Grace, this is Crime Stories.
1:49.1	Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation in serious exam 111.
1:53.7	I will never forget it.
1:56.3	This little child beautiful little boy found dehydration, the cause of death caused by gastroenteritis.
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