2019-05-15 at 11:01 PM UTC
The suspect, James L Jordan, 30, of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, appeared in Federal court in Abingdon, Virginia, on Monday charged with Mr Sanchez's murder and assault with intent to murder his as-yet-unidentified woman companion.
Federal agents said Mr Jordan was already known for threatening hikers on the popular trail following an incident in Tennessee a month earlier.
In an federal affadvit, FBI Agent Micah Childers wrote that Mr Jordan first approached Mr Sanchez and his three companions on the trail on Friday in Smyth County, Virginia.
Jordan was 'disturbed and unstable' and was 'playing his guitar and singing' as he approached the four hikers.
They then set up camp in the Wythe County, Virginia, section of the trail.
'Jordan began randomly approaching the hikers' tents, making noises and threatening the hikers,' Mr Childers said.
'Jordan spoke to the hikers through their tents and threatened to pour gasoline on their tents and burn them to death.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7031603/Murdered-victim-brutal-attack-machete-maniac-Appalachian-Trail-identified-Oklahoman.htmlWhat is a war veteran doing not carrying a weapon...
Last time this sort of thing happened, it was a black ex football player that hacked a white jogger to death with a machete.
You gotta figure there's psychos all over the world, and in the woods they have a lot of hiding places. Don't see why people aren't armed at all times.
Jogging makes you vulnerable/tired. A pistol doesn't weigh that much. Pistol + shoulder holster could've prevented this.
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2019-05-16 at 2:40 PM UTC
aldra
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Yeah, it seems insane to me to go into the wilderness like that without some sort of weapon, especially since the guy was active military. I also would not trust someone who looked like that to get close enough to me for a stabbing regardless of where we were
2019-05-16 at 3:44 PM UTC
if i was in the wilderness and some random guy came up and told me he was going to light me on fire i would beat the living shit out of them if at all possible
2019-05-16 at 4:05 PM UTC
I always carry a gun on the trail.
2019-05-16 at 4:59 PM UTC
Fuck me can't even go hiking without gettin' merked.
2019-05-17 at 12:56 PM UTC
Idiot should have been jogging not hiking then he'd still be alive.
2019-05-17 at 1:21 PM UTC
Is the Appalachian trail like one really long physical path, or just a general idea?
