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Pedestrian killed on I-10 in south Louisiana 41 years ago identified: 'Very surreal'
After decades of searching for her mom, Angie Jordan found closure Monday afternoon.
www.theadvocate.com
DNA samples sent to the LSU FACES Laboratory, Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory and the University of North Texas Health Science Center for Human Identification linked Jordan to the woman who'd been unknown in Breaux Bridge for so long.
"That moment was very surreal," Higgins said. "It still is. It was such a long time in the making."
J was just 4 the last time she saw her mother. She'd been living in motels with her mom and eventually had been dropped off at the home of her mother's best friend in Louisiana.
"She had a huge drinking problem, and she just could never find herself in life," J said. "She never could find her way."
J, now 46, lived with her mom's best friend until she was 6 years old. That's when her caregiver enrolled her in school, and the state started asking questions.
Jordan said she was sent to live in Maine with her mother's sister, who raised her from that point on.
It wasn't until she was about 14 when she began asking questions about her mother. She remembered little about her but had been told by family and friends that she was loved.
"I didn't start actively searching until I was about 14, but I've been actively searching since then," Jordan said. "To know there were people who cared for her in Louisiana after she died — It's absolutely wonderful. I think it's fantastic."