Arrest made for Rita Jordan’s murder

It took 11 years for someone to be arrested for the murder of Rita Jordan of Abbeville.
This past Wednesday, the U.S. Marshal’s Office arrested Ledario Green on outstanding Abbeville felony warrants and booked him into the Harris County Jail in Houston.
Green, 38, was arrested on warrants for aggravated kidnapping ($100,000 Bond), home invasion ($50,000 Bond), and extortion ($50,000 Bond) totaling $200,000.
On Thursday, Green waived extradition, and he was picked up and transported from Harris County Jail to Abbeville by Abbeville City Police Officers.
Upon arrival at the Abbeville Police Department, Green was booked on aggravated kidnapping, home invasion, and extortion warrants.
He was additionally charged with the April 26, 2012, second-degree murder of Rita Jordan, who was 71 years old at the time.
The bond was set at $750,000 by the 15th Judicial Court Judge Laurie Hulin. Green was then transported to the Vermilion Parish Correctional Facility. His total bond is $950,000.00.
Tony Hardy was the police chief at the time of Jordan’s murder.
“It bothers me when no case is solved,” said Tony. “I want to solve them all. This one took a while, but I am glad someone was arrested.”
Abbeville Police Chief Mike Hardy added, “When I got into office, I promised to solve murders, and Ms. Rita Jordan was one.
“This arrest was made possible because of great police work 11 years ago. There was a lot of evidence collected.”
Chief Hardy did not say what led to the arrest of Green.
Eleven years ago, Waldean’s daughter, Kelly Allen, who was 17, got off the school bus and walked to her grandmother’s home but could not get in because the doors were locked. Allen figured something was not right. Then she heard her one-year-old nephew crying as she went around the house, pounding on the doors and windows, shouting for her grandmother to open the door at the same time.
Kelly called her mother (Waldean), who told her to call Damian Landry, the father of the one-year-old in the house.
Landry was a member of the Abbeville fire department and the father of the one-year-old in the house. He and the fire department arrived on the scene, and he had to break a window to get into the house.
For years the house that Jordan was murdered in sat empty. Her daughter, Waldean, refused to rent or sell it because of what happened to her mother in the house located on Martin Luther King Drive in Abbeville.
Two years after the murder, everything was still in place in Jordan’s house.
Next to the refrigerator was a wall calender with the days of the month crossed out. The last day crossed out is April 26, 2012. It is also the day she was murdered in her home - being stabbed multiple times.
After learning about the arrest, Waldean did not want to talk with the media on Monday.
It was unknown at press time if Green knew Rita Jordan.
Anyone knowing anything about the crime is asked to call the Abbeville Police at 337-893-2511 or the Tips line at 337-892-6777 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 337-740-TIPS.