Survivor of Appalachian Trail Machete Attack Played Dead to Escape: Feds
A woman who survived the fatal machete attack on the Appalachian Trail on Saturday played dead to escape after being stabbed multiple times, federal authorities said Monday.
James L. Jordan, a 30-year-old from West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, was formally charged Monday with one count of murder and one count of assault with attempt to commit murder in connection with the horrific attack, which left one person dead and took place on an isolated stretch of the 2,190-mile hiking trail in Virginia.
At his Monday hearing in Abingdon, Virginia, Judge Pamela M. Sargent ordered Jordan to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
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