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"The Boozing Barber" Gilbert Paul Jordan Pt. 2

2021-01-21

His victims’ deaths were often ruled “unnatural and accidental,” leaving Gilbert Paul Jordan free to perfect his M.O. — forcing Indigenous women in Vancouver to drink themselves to death. Unable to keep him behind bars, police surveilled the barber until they could catch him in the act.

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Due to the graphic nature of this killers crimes listener discretion is advised. This episode includes discussions of murder, rape and assault that some people may find offensive. We'd vice extreme caution for children under thirteen. It was a late night in November of nineteen eighty seven, fifty five euro Gilbert Paul, Jordan led Rosemary Wilson up to his room advance covers Balmoral Hotel, the woman already intoxicated from a night of heavy drinking, but Gilbert took no pause. He pulled out a bottle of liquor and encourage Turkey Gulf it all down, but well rosemary, grew drunk on alcohol. Gilbert drunk with delight he got off on women drinking themselves, to death and Mary was nearing her end too. Things along Gilbert gripped her by the neck force
open her mouth and poured the booze down her throat unbeknownst to Gilbert. However, police officers were stationed in the very next room position too. The bordering wall. They held up various pieces of audio equipment to their ears and listened to his every move. Discussed. Although he wasn't pointing a gun or thrusting a knife, he was dead, Neatly wielding a deadly weapon. He was using it to poison rosemary to deaf pie on Gregg pulsing. This is serial killers, us If I original from power cast every episode, we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers today we're taking a look at Gilbert, Paul, Gordon also known as the boozing barber I'm here with my co host Vanessa Richardson High every one
you can find episodes of serial killers and all other Spotify originals from par cast for freons modify or wherever you listen to podcast last time We discussed Gilberts early onset alcoholism. His inside sex drive and it's transition from petty criminal to alleged rapist, murderer today will explore Gilberts deadly rain has Vancouver boozing barber telling how the canadian justice system failed to contain him for years on end. We ve got all that in more coming up stay with us. This episode is rat. You buy home chef, take a break from take out and increase your kitchen confidence with home Shap get recipes and perfectly portioned in Greece and delivered right. Your door sea can prepare your own meal and impress yourself with your new skills for ninety dollars. I had a home chef, dot com, Slash Spotify, that's equivalent to ten four Niels. When you sign up that's home, shaft outcome,
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Gilbert, had something entirely different in mind. After getting Patricia good and drunk Gilbert, wouldn't let her stop drinking. He coaxed her to keep going plying her with cup after cup of vodka, encouraging her to take just one more sip. Whenever Patricia passed out, Gilbert likely you're awake and forced her to consume more the following morning, Gilbert rolled over on the mattress that he kept in his shop and came face to face Patricia as dead body. He was remotely surprised while December may have been the worst and last night of Patricia Thomas's life. It was a relatively normally evening for the boozing barber he'd, allegedly kid. Several women with alcohol before in fact years earlier, Gilbert is thought to have murdered twenty five year old, Mary Johns in the exact location wielding the exact same weapon and face no consequences
because of his past success Guild knew what steps to take to ensure his freedom. Perhaps called his lawyer and spun a false tail claiming and he had no idea how Patricia had passed away after all, of innocent fun. He'd simply startled awake to find her dead on his mattress. Then he told the pool Is the same story? his blood alcohol level was a whopping zero point. Five one percent, a number of fatal to almost any individual, as such investigators concluded that she died from outside. What poisoning, despite knowing that Mary Johns, had died from the same cause in the same barber shop just two years earlier, the authorities we're still loathe to claim foul play. There was now blood or Gore to speak of, and yet the act. Felt even more personal, even more sadistic than killing someone with a gun nor a knife to the law.
Go police murdering by alcohol poisoning just seemed absurd, so the authorities ruled Patricia death, unnatural and accidental a decision was likely due to a psychological phenomenon, called confirmation bias, which is defined as the tendency to favour information that confirms once beliefs or values vessels going too over the psychology here and throughout the episode. Please note Vanessa not the license psychologist or psychiatry list, but she has done a lot of research. For this show thanks Gregg Cycle just Peter wastes and coined the term confirmation bias bag in nineteen sixty in addition to favouring information that confirms our beliefs, human also tend to avoid looking for evidence that contradicts them and times? Ignore it altogether evaluating evidence, takes a lot of energy, and our brains are constantly on the look out for strategies that can solve problems and save us time
these mental short cuts are called heuristics, but while they help us make decisions quickly, they can also lead us to draw inaccurate conclusions. Existence of confirmation by us also proves that our desires have a real ability to affect our beliefs and that, once we have titular view of the situation is difficult. To change our minds. So even the police discovered yet another dead body and Gilberts Barbershop. They still can to leave that he could commit such a crime, but Gilbert was worse than they could have ever imagined, Patricia Thomas's death potentially brought his kill count to five, and he was eager to make it a six. So in June nineteen, eighty five, he Lord forty five year old, Patricia Andrew back to his shop or a late night. Dalliance like Gilberts Pre, as victims. Patricia was an indigenous woman with unknown alcohol problem. He likely let but
we should drink until she passed out. Then why corrupt and forced her to keep going. This continued well into the night until Patricia closed her eyes for the very last time. The next morning, Gilbert once again alerted supper. Passing authorities tested, Patricia blood alcohol level and discovered. It was a staggering zero point. Seven, nine percent to get that kind of reading experts asserted that Patricia would have had to consume at least forty ounces of hard liquor all at one time, although this was the third woman found dead from booze in his barbershop, the idea, Gilbert was murdering. Them was apparently still too ridiculous to accept. The authorities continue to believe that these women were unintentionally killing themselves and Tricia Andrew was no exception. Her death
was deemed unnatural and accidental. Despite the favourable ruling, Gilbert knew that he was playing with fire if any more women turned up dead at his shop, he would surely become a suspect. It seems he decided to curb his deadly addiction and waited as long as he could before striking again. At some point on September, twenty fourth nineteen, eighty six Gilbert Cross With thirty eight year old, Velma gibbons. She was an indigenous woman who had been living at the Balmoral hotel. After separating from her husband. Can the two had split Has it Delmas excessive drinking which made her the perfect target for them using barber, really that morning, Velma made a call to her estranged husband. She assured, him that she was working on her sobriety and asked him to pick her up the next day. It was their sons birthday and she wanted to give him his present in person
Velma sounded sober on the phone, so can agreed to her request had Velma never met Gilbert, Paul Jordan. She might have remained sober throughout the rest of the night. She would have woken up refreshed met can in the lobby of the hotel and ventured out to the suburbs to hug her son on his birthday. Unfortunately, none of that happened the details of Gilbert and Velma night are largely unknown, but on September twenty fifth Velma was found dead in one of the hotels rooms she had a dangerously high blood alcohol level naked from the waist down, considering the room had been cleared of any booze. There was good reason to suspect foul play, however, who D Velma established. Unhealthy relationship with alcohol and overall lack of evidence priorities ruled her death as accidental due to acute alcohol poisoning, Gilbert was ecstatic. He had said
successfully gotten away with another murder and the high was altogether intoxicating. Unfortunately, it was also fully within two months time. Gilbert was aching for another fix. He returned downtown, Vancouver, skid row and met thirty three year old, Veronica Harry, whether Gill we felt invincible or whether he just got sloppy will never know. But After going on a bender with Veronica, he invites, her back to his room at the Clifton Hotel and helped Veronica drink herself to death, On the morning of November, Nineteenth Gilbert places call to his lawyer and told him a familiar tail. Then the two of them told the police the same story that Gilbert had already used to multiple times. They claim that Veronica had died of alcohol poisoning, while Gilbert was fast asleep. Incredibly, the police believed the tragic story and ruled her death. As on
natural and accidental But after seeing Veronica in her casket, the attendees at her funeral started to whisper. They founded suspicious that she had cuts and bruises all over her face and howdy. Unfortunately, their voices were drowned out by the loud reminders of Veronica's hard partying ways. Drinking she did in a dangerous neighbourhood like that she was bound to get hurt Veronica certainly didn't, deserve to die, but too many of the people who knew her most. It seemed like an inevitable outcome of her lifestyle according to local indigenous groups, Gilbert counted on that very limited point of view to ensue. Or his freedom, he selected vulnerable marginalized women, who the police swear less likely to investigate due to their race and their drinking habits. From his perspective, the authorities simply didn't care more.
About the fate of indigenous women, and they cared even less about indigenous women with alcohol problems He also believed that the friends and family members of his carefully selected victims were more likely to accept their untimely deaths as long overdue accidents. Apparently Gilbert at bottom at all, not only had discovered the perfect means of murder. He knew how to pick perfect victim that is, until the night of October, Eleventh nineteen, eighty seven bird assumed that twenty seven year old Vanessa Butner was just like all of the others. She was mixed race, sex worker, with an addiction to drugs, and he felt certain that no one would miss her but ass. He followed Vanessa up to her room at the Niagara hotel. Gilbert was walking towards the first steps of his undo
The two ploughed through bottles of vodka and Gilbert left the hotel several times to render the liquor store and pick more booze. Whenever you returned. He often found her passed out in bed, in which case give would provide Vanessa and force more alcohol down her throat. He also sexually assaulted Vanessa, though its unknown, whether she was awake or not. In all likelihood, she was unconscious, but Gilbert made Vanessa drink far more than any other woman previously by the early hours of October, twelve, the net who was suffering so badly from alcohol poisoning that black byles started oozing out of her nose and Mouth Gilbert said that Vanessa was not long for this world and left her to die alone. He returned to his tell them placed an anonymous call, alerting the police to the dead body at the Niagara Hotel
after examining Vanessa authorities, declared that her blood alcohol level was at zero point, nine one percent more than eleven times the legal limit for driving was also enough to kill a large man twice over to reach such a high level of toxicity. It didn't see: like an accidental overdose. Vanessa Butner had likely been murdered and whoever had reported her death was most likely. The culprit as the police traced, the source of the anonymous phone call. Gilbert Paul Jordan's time was running out coming up canadian police listen in on their killer listeners. This mark. Sixty years since John F Kennedy became the thirty fifth president of the United States. Ushering is already prominent family into the highest enclaves of political power, but behind theirs. Great successes, why secrets and scandals so severe if it
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now back to the story. On the morning of October 12th, one thousand nine hundred and eighty seven fifty five year old, Gilbert Paul Jordan left twenty seven year old Vanessa Buckner to die alone in her hotel room. He had been the one to ply her so much vodka that her blood alcohol level reached a staggering zero point. Ninety one percent he was So the one to anonymously call the police and direct them to her body after tracing the call authorities discovered that it had come from a room in the nearby marble arch hotel, a room booked by the barber Gilbert Paul Jordan. Gilbert was immediately question by police, but due to a lack of evidence, they were unable to charge him with a crime. In fact, while Vanessa death seemed entirely suspicious. Investigators were reticent to label it a murder at a whole murder.
Via alcohol poisoning seem just to ludicrous, but they couldn't completely deny the suspicious circumstances. Nonetheless, they said that Vanessa had died of an overdose of booze Vanessa partners. Parents were livid while they acknowledge that their daughter was a sex worker with a drug problem. They insisted that she'd never been much of a drink. Her there was no possible. She done this to herself the nesses parents new in their bones that the man who made the anonymous call had to be. Sponsible for her death. As such they pressured the authorities to look deeper into Gilbert Paul Jordan. Finally, in early number of nineteen. Eighty seven, the police department, the Crown Council, the coroner's office and several forensic pathologists gathered together to open up an investigation into Gilberts Past and to begin monitoring. As soon as possible. Unfortunately, while they were waiting for the authorization to start surveillance, Gilbert attacked,
yet another woman on November, eight Gilbert met fifty three year old, Edna, shade and indigenous. Woman of Creasy Descent, unlike his previous victims, Edna wasn't known to have any vices. She was beloved in her community and spent her spare time. Helping sex workers from skid row returned she. She lived in a single room at the Beacon hotel and was there that her lifeless body was found on the morning of November nights. Edna was naked, and her blood alcohol level was zero point one two percent, although no one This is ever saw. Gilbert entered the room police suspected that the boozing barber was behind her demise. When they dusted for fingerprints they found gilberts at the scene. Unfortunately, the existence of Gilberts Prince was now enough to charge him with a crime for the rest of November police, monitored, Gilbert's every move. They watched him proudly
We'll skid row striking up conversations with indigenous women on the street and buying them drinks in bars. On the night of November Twentieth Gilbert met Rosemary Wilson in the BAR of Vancouver hotel, Rosemary thought. Gilbert looked like a school teacher and trusted him instantly. She agreed to follow the mild mannered Barbara for drinks over at the Balmoral hotel Police, followed the couple back to Gilbert's room station themselves in the room next door lined up Hence the wall investigators held audio equipment to their ears and listened in on a disturbing conversation. And though rosemary was clearly inebriated Gilbert, coaxed her to keep drinking authorities heard Gilbert, say down the hatch baby, twenty bucks. If you can drink it right town, you want another drink. Fifty bucks, if you can take it, but as long as rosemary, was talking as long as she was still conscious. There was
much that investigators could do without giving away their position, and so they good bye as Gilbert continued to ply rosemary with alcohol. It was unbearably excruciating, but they had strict orders not to intervene unless she was in real danger at some point, Bertz room fell, silent and the officers assumed that the couple had gone to sleep. They started to pack up there meant ready to head home, but justice he opened the door to the hallway rosemary, led out a piercing, scream police scrambled into Gilberts room and removed rosemary from the premises. Rushing her to the hospital after she had recovered rosemary learned that she'd nearly died while she barely remember anything from her night with Gilbert one moment stuck out in particular, despite her objections, Gilbert had shoved a bottle of vodka into her mouth and major gulp. It all down
He never even gave her a chance to breathe. It was apparent Gilbert had nefarious motives but paying a woman to drink herself, sick, wasn't necessarily a criminal offence unable to keep him hind bars, Gilbert Return. The streets of downtown east side to feed his deadly addiction. Over the next week, police saved re more women from being killed by Gilbert. The final timely intervened. The authorities entered Gilberts hotel room and found him lying on top of an unconscious woman. He was ripping her by the neck or seeing her mouth open and pouring alcohol down her throat Gilbert may not have wielded a traditional weapon, but he was more than likely attempting to murder this woman according to David Grossman, a law in force trainer who specializes in the psychology of killing murder at
Close range is the most psychologically destructive way to end someone's life gross minister. That some killers choose intimate methods of murder, because it reminds them of rape and brings them sexual gratification. In his book on killing Rosman explains that the concept, of sex as a process of domination, and defeat is closely related to the lost for rape through setting the sexual appendage deep into the body of the victim can be perversely linked, thrusting a knife or bayonet into the body of the victim Instead of a knife, Gilbert used a bottle. He took part in an intense Lee personal process thrusting an unwanted object into a woman's body in order to kill her. The image was jarring up. Until this point authorities hadn't been able to picture how Gilbert was actually killing these but that all changed when they walked in and witness the act for themselves now.
Idea of murder by vodka didn't seem ludicrous at all. Investigators took the woman to the hospital at arrested Gilbert for the murder of Vanessa partner. The officers on the scene noted that Gilbert seemed unworried about his future. In fact, he was acting rather cocky, they figured that if Gilbert was that sure of himself he would probably be about his crimes. In lock up so on their way to the jail they through an undercover detective into the back of the Patty wagon, the detective a man named William Fulton. Gray shaded himself at the barber and pretended that he was a disgruntled criminal who didn't understand. Why he was under arrest guild, commiserated with a man. He too
questioned why he was being taken to jail. He'd already signed a statement regarding the death of Vanessa Butner. When the two were placed in a holding cell, the undercover detective dine bulged that he overheard officer saying they just locked up a guy who committed ten murders. Then he turned to Gilbert and asked I gotta guess, get U way: Gilbert grinned and replied! Well, jeez. I didn't It was that many Gilbert clearly wanted to tell you the truth about what had happened that night. He wanted to boast about how he killed Vanessa and no way with it, but he was too smart whenever William showed interest in how Gilbert had murdered Vanessa with alcohol, Gilbert insisted that she done it to herself. He and told William. That, though, it may have seemed like he was forcing a bottle into her mouth, he was actually trying to take booze away from her when William pushed back on the authenticity of his statement. Gilbert shrugged instead
Well, all they got as my story and her story and dead women don't talk. His word, however, no longer had merit, Gilbert was afoot, fully charged with first degree murder and was held with out bail when his trial began began in October of nineteen. Eighty eight, the crown so worried that they didn't have enough evidence to successfully get a conviction. So Gilberts charge was reduced to manslaughter gear. Bert remained calm and collected throughout his trial and did bother to show any remorse for what had happened to Vanessa Butner. He admitted that provided Vanessa with excessive amounts of alcohol, but took no
with sponsor billowy for her DAF? Perhaps he should have attempted to charm the court in some way, because on October, twenty first, the presiding judge sentence Gilbert to fifteen years in prison than covers boozing barber was finally off the streets, but he wasn't contentious stay behind bars for long coming up, Gilbert falls off the wagon. To enjoy. This episode take a moment to think about those go rogue like rogues in your family who play by different rules, their law, abiding citizens, of course, but they love to escape the ordinary, whether it's for a few minutes. Or an entire weekend. We all need, when you twenty one, Nissan Rogue was made for them, the ones that can from getting their hands dirty in the kitchen to getting their boots. Dirty on high, get a moment's notice, the all new twenty twenty one Nissan, Rogue
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were ignored when the news hit the public, the people and Coover were also extremely upset. The Vancouver son published an editorial expressing concern and that the decision to let Gilbert go free would ruin the Pearl boards good record. The province ran it article warning indigenous women to be on high alert for the predator, the poor boy defended its position by saying that Gilbert was getting what they call day. One chance statutory release he was allowed to live life as normal during the day Gilbert was required to spend his nights in jail for the next three years. Was also not allowed to drink if you violated any of these terms, even once he would be put back in prison, no one, Side of the Parole Board believed Gilbert could do it. He was bound to fall off the wagon surprisingly Gilbert lasted two years without violating his parole, but that
changed on Sunday August. Fourth, nineteen. Ninety six, when he didn't returned correctional facility in time for his curfew. As soon as the clock struck, twelve authorities issued a nation wide warrant for his arrest Gilbert. However, we and later that Monday, on his own accord, he explained that he'd been dealing with the passing of a close friend and had fallen asleep in his hard due to emotional exhaustion. He appeared to be sober and passed a urinalysis test that proved he hadn't been drinking during absence, considering his clean test results and his model behaviour as an inmate correction Officials decided the Gilberts walk away, was a singular event and didn't reprimand him in any way. Then, number of nineteen. Ninety seven Gilbert was officially released from parole using the money he continued to make them investments. He opened another barber shop and abbots furred,
a city located about forty four miles. Southeast of Vancouver several months. Gilbert maintained is good behaviour and it appeared that he had turned over a new leaf. He finally managed to curb his addictions and become a law abiding citizen by the summer of nineteen. Ninety eight Gilbert was back. Who is old ways on June twenty third HEAT added up a woman at a local park to protect your identity will refer to women as Susan. At some point, Gilbert invited her back to his apartment, where Susan claimed he held her against her will and sexually salted her Gilbert was thrown back in jail and remain there until his trial in January of two thousand Susan Whoever wasn't admitted heroin, attic and Gilberts defence attorney questioned the valise. Any of her allegations due to her shaky testimony overall lack of evidence. Gilbert was acquitted of the sexual assault charge
once again and Gilbert evaded justice by choosing a disadvantaged and disenfranchised woman as his victim recognising that the courts were always in his favor. He continued to do so. The terms of his probation in June of two thousand sixty eight year old Gilbert, was charged with administering a noxious substance to a woman and sexually assaulted. Her the substance, of course, was alcohol. Unfortunately, in late October, the charges against Gilbert were stayed with. Little hope of rain statement, the crown syn. We didn't have enough evidence to prosecute after spending almost four months back in custody Gilbert was allowed to go free. Around the same time. Final rehearsals were taking place for a new play called the unnatural and accidental women. The plate was written and directed by May T, woman named
Eric laments after seeing so much coverage about Gilbert, Paul Jordan, Mary. I need to give a voice to his victims, who were all indigenous women like her to play open to critical acclaim and thrusted Gilbert back into the spotlight to face public scrutiny and response. Gilbert agreed to his first face to face interview with a analysed Jim Beady, profiled Gilbert in the November fourth issue of the Vancouver Sun and provide insight into the notoriously private criminals. Personality. Jim that when he met Gilbert relaunch at a local restaurant, the elderly criminal boasted they'd already sucked back around sixteen shots of vodka, but guild Barely seemed buzzed and ordered a couple of beers when the beers, didn't do anything for him. Gilbert ordered the most expensive vodka at the bar. He grew the Jim and reminded him that the newspaper was pang. Jim was sure how to react. He knew the terms of Gilberts release. Precluded him for
drinking in the city proper or drinking with women, while was a man. They were definitely within the restricted city limits. However, in hopes to gain Gilberts trust and clean as much information as possible. Jim chose to ignore the infraction, unfortunately, Gilbert refused to admit twenty crime, He denied or minimized most to the misdeeds he'd been accused of and blamed every wrong. He never dawn on his alcohol. Whenever Jim confronted him about the death of Vanessa Bognor or one of the other deceased indigenous women linked to him Bert insisted that he was innocent. He pointed out he'd been the one the report all of their death to the police, as if that absolved him of any offence. Gilbert also didn't express any remorse for as victims, Where did he seem to view them as victims at all to Gilbert? These women were attics who got, but they had coming.
Throughout their lunch. Gilberts moods shifted at the drop of a hat one minute, He'd be yelling incredulous that anyone believed he could commit murder and the next Would sit quietly contemplating his next words? He cried. He laughed leered the waitress attending to their table. Whenever hands started shaking Gilbert, yet another drink, Jim beating interview with Gilbert, presented a bleak picture of a man who not only suffered from debilitating alcoholism, but several personality issues. When asked about his future. Gilbert wasn't sure what lay in store he figured. He their open another barbershop or drink himself to death, it appeared in addition to a myriad of possible psychological problems. Gilbert was so dealing with depression The relationship between depression and alcoholism is a complicated one. Psychology
disagree on mother depression causes alcoholism, orthe the other way around when a patient prison symptoms of both the psychiatric disorder and in a day the disease, they can be given, what's called a dual diagnosis in an nineteen. Eighty eight article for alcoholism, treatment quarterly, Tricia Rosa Tee, o rights that the best way to determine treatment for patients with a dual diagnosis is to figure out which came first diction or the disorder. Meanwhile, patients are encouraged to stop drinking regardless of the order of events, as the presence of alcohol can worsen any psychological issue and potentially too other psychological problems. Unfortunately, The most significant treatment Gilbert received for his alcoholism occurred when he was incarcerated and almost Every time he was released immediately returned to the bottle. Gilbert continue to drink, despite
knowing the legal ramifications he might incur and his booze fueled interview with Jim Beaty prove that as he got older, he became even more brazen about breaking these rules. Shortly after Jim's peace was published. Guild was arrested for drinking with the writer in the restricted part of the city in May. Two thousand one, Sir Fifty nine year old Gilbert received a fifteen month sentence to be found by a strict three year probation. He served two thirds his punishment before he was released in February of two thousand to less than two weeks later, Gilbert was arrested again for consumers, alcohol with a woman in Vancouver, downtown EAST side neighbourhood. He was sentenced another year in jail for breaching the condition of his probation
August of two thousand for seventy two year old Gilbert was allowed to re, enter society instead of saying in Vancouver where he knew he would be recognised. Gilbert travelled about nine hundred miles east to the city of swift, current Saskatchewan Gilbert posted up your hotel, where he met a woman, will call Judy joy. He was reportedly along time resident of the hotel and a serious, colleagues, the details of duty and Gilbert Night together are largely unknown, but we do know that do drank so much that she required huh but illustration upon being found in her room just as before, Gilbert didn't stick around to see whether she lived or died as soon as she fell unconscious. He book did out of swift current and travelled EAST landing in the city of wine, a Peg Gilbert new
is breaching the terms of his probation. In addition to being forbidden from drinking Gilbert was required to stand Vancouver Island. He chose to ignore all the mandates. The moment the authorities got wind that he'd left town they. A nation wide warrant for his arrest about a week, After getting his freedom police, Officers found Gilbert drinking at a Winnipeg hotel and took him into custody over Two years, Gilbert continue to break the terms of his probation and spent numerous stance behind bars finally, in July of two thousand six Gilbert Paul Jordan passed away alleged from cirrhosis of the liver. According to obituary? He died peacefully at the ripe old age of seventy four
jury that was not afforded to any of his victims, while the women he heard and killed are, of course, the people truly worthy of our compassion. Its import to recognise that Gilbert was also a victim he suffered from a very real and very deadly disease than when ignored for decades. On end The canadian justice system treated him only as a delinquent, instead of also as inadequate. If the What had mandated the Gilbert get treatment for both his alcoholism and counts, Lange for his psychological issues. He might have had a chance at recovery. Instead he was locked in a destructive cycle forever. Tearing up. The lives of women he came in contact with there were those regularly requested that Gilbert be placed in a site
the tragic facility instead of a prison. They believed that with proper care he could be performed. There is, of course, the very real possibility that Gilbert Paul Jordan was beyond rehabilitation, that there was Nothing. Anyone could do to stop this predator from destroying his life and the lives of others we'll, never know, because no one ever gave him the opportunity and assistance change. During his interview, Jim beady in two thousand Gilbert, said that when it came to his future he'll, either sink or swim No one offered Gilbert Life Preserver and he sank hard Gilbert story and the story of his victims also speaks to the importance of. Helping anyone who is struggling in life, whether their struggling at the hands of an attacker or crumbling under the thumb of the disease.
The simple act of reaching out and offering support could very well save a life. Thanks again for turning into serial killers, we'll be back soon with a new episode for more information on Gilbert, Paul Jordan. Amongst the many sources we used, we found the reporting done by the Vancouver son and the province. Newspapers extremely helpful to our research you can find all episodes of serial killers and all other Spotify originals from podcast for free on Spotify, we'll see you next time have a killer week. Serial killers is a original from par cast exactly producers include MAX and Enron Cutler, sound designed by carry Murphy with production assistance by IRAN, Shapiro Carly Madden and Bruce Couteau bitch.
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