Investigators believe a Manhattan woman killed her 8-year-old son in a failed murder-suicide attempt in a posh Midtown hotel. Police reportedly found 49-year-old socialite Gigi Jordan "babbling incoherently" beside the body of her child, who had been dead for a day, in a room in the Peninsula hotel that was littered with thousands of pills.
Jordan—who apparently was distraught over divorce proceedings—reportedly consumed prescription medication and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she is in critical condition. The Daily News notes that police were looking for Jordan after a relative in Belgium told authorities that her child might be in danger. The Post initially reported that the boy "appears to have been strangled," though it now notes he "is believed to have overdosed on the pills." There are conflicting reports on the victim's age.
A police source told the News that Jordan wouldn't comment after cops entered her Fifth Avenue hotel room just before noon. "She lawyers up right away ... She won't answer any questions."
