24th April 2023 · Episode 201
Morbidology the Podcast - 201: Jordyn Dumont
44 Min · By Emily G. Thompson
Bess Town Road is located on the outskirts of Bessemer City, North Carolina. It’s surrounded in rolling fields and dotted with various wooded areas. On the afternoon of 15 August, 2016, police were directed to the quaint road after a report of a missing girl came in…
Bess Town Road is located on the outskirts of Bessemer City, North Carolina. It’s surrounded in rolling fields and dotted with various wooded areas. On the afternoon of 15 August, 2016, police were directed to the quaint road after a report of a missing girl came in…
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Audio Sources:
“Heartbreaking moments in Jordyn Dumont murder trial”
“Prosecutors say man admitted to killing girlfriend’s daughter”
Sources:
Sun Journal, 16 August, 2016 – “Jordyn Dumont’s Body Found in Gastonia, Mom’s Boyfriend Charged”
ABC – 9WSOC, 17 August, 2016 – “Father of Slain 3-Year-Old Girl Upset at Gaston County DSS”
ABC – 9WSOC, 17 August, 2016 – “Neighbors Say Gaston Co. Toddler Found Dead Lived in Abusive Home”
NBC – 36 WNCN, 17 August, 2016 – “Man Bawls in 911 Call Reporting Girl, 3, Missing”
ABC – 9WSOC, 18 August, 2016 – “Vigil Held for Girl Killed in Gaston County”
The Charlotte Observer, 18 August, 2016 – “Gaston Police Had 16 Calls”
NBC – 36 WCNC, 18 August, 2016 – “DHHS Investigated Jordyn Dumont’s Family”
The Charlotte Observer, 19 August, 2016 – “Mother of Murdered Toddler Thanks community for Help”
ABC – 9 WSOC, 21 August, 2016 – “Fundraiser Held for Slain 3-Year-Old”
ABC – 9 WSOC, 23 August, 2016 – “Lawmaker Wants Investigation into DSS”
The Star, 24 August, 2016 – “Daughter’s Death, Father’s Grief”
NBC – 36 WNCN, 28 August, 2016 – “Memorial Service Held for 3-Year-Old Jordyn Dumont”
The Free Press Advocate, 6 September, 2016 – “Young Dad to Remember his Little Girl”
NBC – 36 WNCN, 20 September, 2016 – “Jordyn Dumont, Social Worker Resigns”
The Charlotte Observer, 3 November, 2016 – “Autopsy Shows Jordyn Dumont, 3, Severely Beaten Prior to Death”
ABC – 9 WSOC, 10 November, 2016 – “Man Accused of Murdering Gaston County Toddler will not Face Death Penalty”
ABC – 9 WSOC, 10 February, 2017 – “Judge Grants Change of Venue”
NBC – 36 WNCN, 31 March, 2017 – “A Toddler’s Murder Prompts Bill Proposal”
NBC – 36 WNCN, 25 July, 2018 – “Jury Hears Heartbreaking Details”
ABC – 9 WSOC, 26 July, 2018 – “I Lost My Temper”
The Gaston Gazette, 26 July, 2018 – “Detective Describes Finding Body”
The Gaston Gazette, 26 July, 2018 – “Day 3 of the William McCullen Murder Trial”
NBC – 36 WCNC, 26 July, 2018 – “McCullen Confessed to Killing Three-Year-Old”
ABC – 9 WSOC, 27 July, 2018 – “Gaston Co. Man Accused in Toddler’s Death Doesn’t Testify as Defence Rests”
The Gaston Gazette, 27 July, 2018 – “Jurors Hear from Detective Describe How 3-Year-Old Jordyn Dumont Died”
The Gaston Gazette, 27 July, 2018 – “Jurors Saw Confession Video”
The Gaston Gazette, 28 July, 2018 – “Jordyn Dumont Bled to Death”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 30 July, 2018 – “NC Mom’s Boyfriend Guilty of Murder by Torture”
NBC – 36 WNCN, 30 July, 2018 – “William McCullen Convicted”
The Gaston Gazette, 31 July, 2018 – “Verdict Does Not Ease Pain of Jordyn Dumond’s Death on Family”
The Gaston Gazette 1 August, 2018 – “Dumont Named in Wrongful Death Lawsuit”
The Gaston Gazette, 29 February, 2020 – “A Gaston County Judge Awarded the Father of Jordyn Dumond $12 Million”
