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Taft couple found dead
Pair found shot to death near coastal campus; police looking for vehicle
By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS, Los Angeles Daily News
Posted: Monday April 19th, 2004, 1:00 AM
Last Updated: Monday April 19th, 2004, 12:14 PM
CAMARILLO -- A young Taft couple was found shot to death near the campus of California State University, Channel Islands.
The bodies of the victims were found Saturday afternoon on a desolate road near the campus. Authorities identified them Sunday as Alexander Lee Jordan, 24, and Cynthia Jordan, 22.
Their car was missing.
Alexander's father, Bob Jordan, also of Taft, said Ventura County sheriff's deputies accompanied by a chaplain from the Bakersfield Police Department appeared at his door at about 4 a.m. Sunday. He said he immediately suspected there had been a death in the family.
"My first thought was, 'Please let him have gotten arrested for something.' But I didn't get my wish," Bob Jordan said. "There is no reason to kill anyone for anything. He would have given them the car."
Authorities warned the public to be on the lookout for their missing car, a white 2002 Chevrolet Impala with license plate number 5EXV233.
"Anyone who encounters that vehicle should assume that (the occupants are armed and dangerous). They should not approach them; they should contact 911 immediately if they see that vehicle," said senior Deputy Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
Alexander and Cynthia Jordan were high school sweethearts who married in 2000 soon after Alexander, known as A.J. to friends, graduated from Taft Union High School. Cynthia didn't graduate, and Alexander was so upset that he made a button with her picture on it and wore it as he walked across stage to receive his diploma.
Although Cynthia didn't graduate high school, she took classes at Taft College and wanted to become a manicurist, said Alexander's sister Suzi Jordan.
Alexander worked for a water resource company, his family said.
The two met in junior high school and began dating in high school, Suzi Jordan said.
They had purchased a home in Taft about a year ago and were planning to start a family, she said
"They would do anything to help anybody," Suzi Jordan said. "These are just your typical high school sweethearts trying to start a family."
Bob Jordan said Cynthia's family also lives in Taft.
The family said they just want the killer or killers caught before there are any more victims.
"We just pray for the safety of the investigators involved in the case," Bob Jordan said.
The family said they plan to bury the couple together. Funeral plans will be made today after consulting with Cynthia's family, said Bob Jordan.
Bob Jordan said he did not know what his son and daughter-in-law were doing in Camarillo on Saturday but noted they liked to drive to the coast occasionally on excursions.
The young victims were not students at CSUCI.
Their bodies were found near a private road leading to an electrical co-generation facility that serves the university.
The facility, at 1947 W. Potrero Road, is not ideally suited for hiking, but it is within several miles of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area and Point Mugu State Park. It is also a short drive from the beach.
It was unclear Sunday if the victims were shot where their bodies were found or if they were shot elsewhere.
The bodies of the couple were found after campus police got a report of a driver trespassing on the grounds of the electrical facility, Buschow said.
Witnesses reported seeing two males in a white Nissan or Toyota two-door compact vehicle leaving the area shortly before the bodies were found at about 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
It is unclear if that vehicle was misidentified and is the same as the Chevrolet that belonged to the victims, Buschow said.
Both victims were shot in the head, according to the Ventura County Coroner's Office.
Oscar Fierro, 38, of Lancaster was touring the nearby university on Sunday with his daughter and two of her friends from high school in the hopes of finding out about enrollment opportunities.
He said he was aware of the killing, but didn't believe it indicated the campus area was particularly dangerous.
"I don't see the crime rate out here as severe," Fierro said.
Chrystal Fierro, a senior at Lancaster High School, and her two friends from the school said that Antelope Valley, where they are from, is more dangerous.
But Lisa Hernandez, 30, who was at the university for a training seminar, said she is unsure if the area is safer than her South Los Angeles home.
"Yes and no, because it's so isolated," she said.
Authorities said Sunday the discovery of the couple's bodies appears to be unrelated to another case in which the body of 21-year-old Daniel Campos was found a few miles to the west of the campus at about 1 a.m. Saturday.
Californian staff writer Charles Adamson contributed to this story
Taft couple found dead
Pair found shot to death near coastal campus; police looking for vehicle
By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS, Los Angeles Daily News
Posted: Monday April 19th, 2004, 1:00 AM
Last Updated: Monday April 19th, 2004, 12:14 PM
CAMARILLO -- A young Taft couple was found shot to death near the campus of California State University, Channel Islands.
The bodies of the victims were found Saturday afternoon on a desolate road near the campus. Authorities identified them Sunday as Alexander Lee Jordan, 24, and Cynthia Jordan, 22.
Their car was missing.
Alexander's father, Bob Jordan, also of Taft, said Ventura County sheriff's deputies accompanied by a chaplain from the Bakersfield Police Department appeared at his door at about 4 a.m. Sunday. He said he immediately suspected there had been a death in the family.
"My first thought was, 'Please let him have gotten arrested for something.' But I didn't get my wish," Bob Jordan said. "There is no reason to kill anyone for anything. He would have given them the car."
Authorities warned the public to be on the lookout for their missing car, a white 2002 Chevrolet Impala with license plate number 5EXV233.
"Anyone who encounters that vehicle should assume that (the occupants are armed and dangerous). They should not approach them; they should contact 911 immediately if they see that vehicle," said senior Deputy Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
Alexander and Cynthia Jordan were high school sweethearts who married in 2000 soon after Alexander, known as A.J. to friends, graduated from Taft Union High School. Cynthia didn't graduate, and Alexander was so upset that he made a button with her picture on it and wore it as he walked across stage to receive his diploma.
Although Cynthia didn't graduate high school, she took classes at Taft College and wanted to become a manicurist, said Alexander's sister Suzi Jordan.
Alexander worked for a water resource company, his family said.
The two met in junior high school and began dating in high school, Suzi Jordan said.
They had purchased a home in Taft about a year ago and were planning to start a family, she said
"They would do anything to help anybody," Suzi Jordan said. "These are just your typical high school sweethearts trying to start a family."
Bob Jordan said Cynthia's family also lives in Taft.
The family said they just want the killer or killers caught before there are any more victims.
"We just pray for the safety of the investigators involved in the case," Bob Jordan said.
The family said they plan to bury the couple together. Funeral plans will be made today after consulting with Cynthia's family, said Bob Jordan.
Bob Jordan said he did not know what his son and daughter-in-law were doing in Camarillo on Saturday but noted they liked to drive to the coast occasionally on excursions.
The young victims were not students at CSUCI.
Their bodies were found near a private road leading to an electrical co-generation facility that serves the university.
The facility, at 1947 W. Potrero Road, is not ideally suited for hiking, but it is within several miles of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area and Point Mugu State Park. It is also a short drive from the beach.
It was unclear Sunday if the victims were shot where their bodies were found or if they were shot elsewhere.
The bodies of the couple were found after campus police got a report of a driver trespassing on the grounds of the electrical facility, Buschow said.
Witnesses reported seeing two males in a white Nissan or Toyota two-door compact vehicle leaving the area shortly before the bodies were found at about 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
It is unclear if that vehicle was misidentified and is the same as the Chevrolet that belonged to the victims, Buschow said.
Both victims were shot in the head, according to the Ventura County Coroner's Office.
Oscar Fierro, 38, of Lancaster was touring the nearby university on Sunday with his daughter and two of her friends from high school in the hopes of finding out about enrollment opportunities.
He said he was aware of the killing, but didn't believe it indicated the campus area was particularly dangerous.
"I don't see the crime rate out here as severe," Fierro said.
Chrystal Fierro, a senior at Lancaster High School, and her two friends from the school said that Antelope Valley, where they are from, is more dangerous.
But Lisa Hernandez, 30, who was at the university for a training seminar, said she is unsure if the area is safer than her South Los Angeles home.
"Yes and no, because it's so isolated," she said.
Authorities said Sunday the discovery of the couple's bodies appears to be unrelated to another case in which the body of 21-year-old Daniel Campos was found a few miles to the west of the campus at about 1 a.m. Saturday.
Californian staff writer Charles Adamson contributed to this story
