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Roy Jordan 1924 - 1978

Roy Jordan was born on March 7, 1924, and died at age 53 years old in January 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roy Jordan.
Roy Jordan
March 7, 1924
January 1978
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  • 03/7
    1924

    Birthday

    March 7, 1924
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  • 01/dd
    1978

    Death

    January 1978
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Roy Jordan lived 18 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 53.
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In 1924, in the year that Roy Jordan was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1935, Roy was merely 11 years old when the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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