Found Safe TN - Jordan Allen Gorman, 9, Joelton, 15 Nov 2020

[Allynator]

So still no address to search near? Any large bodies of water around?

 

[kittythehare]

Wouldn't contact with DCS be expected if the children were adopted from foster care? Does anyone have a link that that's how the adoption happened? Sometimes parents who adopt Will be contacted if a sibling is placed in care in an effort to keep siblings together. Does contact with DCS or the foster system cease after adoption?

There was a post here last night, inappropriately entitled cost of adopting a child in TN or some such thing. It was a misnomer. It was full of very interesting information and with a link to a site with names and photographs of children needing adoption. Many of these children were teenagers. (I apologise , I may have used the word adoption interchangeably with fostering, I was referring to fostering, actually. It stated that the prime objective was to reunite these children with their natural parents, so no adoption.
You will find the information you require on that site.

 

[margarita25]

Media thread here / Thank you everyone for your contributions, as I’ve copied all your posts over to help get it started:

AMBER ALERT - TN - Jorden Allen Gorman, 9, Joelton, 15 Nov 2020 - MAPS, MEDIA, TIMELINES **NO DISCUSSION**

 

[kittythehare]

I'm concerned about there not being a scent. 5 teams of dogs? I don't know what to make of that.

5 search teams, usually dog or dogs go first

 

[imstilla.grandma]

So still no address to search near? Any large bodies of water around?

All we have is Valley View Road near Wanda Lane.
Amber Alert issued for Cheatham County 9-year-old

Eta:خرائط ‪Google‬‏‏

 

[kittythehare]

So still no address to search near? Any large bodies of water around?

There is a creek in the forest and a large lake some distance away. We put up some terrain maps yesterday showing topography

 

[margarita25]

Is Jordan’s name spelled wrong in thread title with an “e” instead of an “a”?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Is Jordan’s name spelled wrong in thread title with an “e” instead of an “a”?

News agencies have used both versions.

 

[oviedo]

Is Jordan’s name spelled wrong in thread title with an “e” instead of an “a”?

It's supposed to be with an "e" but I've seen it spelled both ways - thanks for the media thread -

 

[Jo in Calif]

I want to know who gave LE the original pic that was used on his missing posters and who gave them the incorrect spelling of his name.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Jordan's parents lost their first son, Josiah Adam Lassek, 24, in a 2011 car crash just before Christmas, according to an online obituary. They've been adopting and fostering children ever since, according to Tony Langdon, a family friend.

Gerald Prior, who has known the family for years through his ministry at New Life Community Church in Joelton, said Jordan was adopted. The boy has two full sisters, who were adopted with him, Prior said.
Jordan Gorman Amber Alert: Joelton search continues, TBI investigates

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Authorities have not disclosed the nature of the argument, or who Jordan argued with. Jordan was adopted alongside his two sisters by Mark and Coletta Gorman. In addition to Jordan and his two biological sisters, two other children live in the home.
AMBER Alert for Tenn. Boy, 9, Who Vanished Sunday After an Argument

eta: I’m sorry to ask. I just can’t remember. Did some article report that the other two children are foster kids?

 

[Jo in Calif]

Not saying this is the case here but I remember the Turpin family and this almost made me think of them but not to that extreme.
IMO

 

[Peppery]

Re: the family situation. Earlier reports stated Jorden and his two sisters, along with 2 other children are living at the home. This contradicts that:

"There are four children living in the home and three of them including Jorden were adopted through the state." Nick Beres NC5

No ages of any of the kids, is mentioned.

Maybe one of the adopted or foster kids has reached 18?

 

[margarita25]

It's supposed to be with an "e" but I've seen it spelled both ways - thanks for the media thread -

YW.

How do we know that the correct spelling is indeed with an “e”, as I’m noticing both Amber Alert and TBI have used the “a” spelling, tia.

 

[mzufall]

I was just watching a documentary on a missing child cold case recently, and forgive me, I read and watch so many that I can't remember who the little boy was, but he was being fostered by a family and in the process of adoption by them. A lot of people were pointing fingers at the parents because their names were being withheld. When they did make appeals via news, their faces were blurred out. But it turns out that it was because of the foster/adoption situation and was not their doing. It was what child services required them to do. Personally, I think their is more to Jorden's story, BUT, giving them the benefit of the doubt, it could be something similar to the case I mentioned.

I really hope this little boy is alive and well somewhere!!!

 

[Ontario Mom]

Is Jordan’s name spelled wrong in thread title with an “e” instead of an “a”?

From The Cheatham County Sheriff's Office, his name is spelled with an E and not an A, so it has been changed in the thread title.
Cheatham County Sheriff's Office

 

[Allynator]

If you check the deceased son's obituary from 2011 you will see other siblings listed also. They must be in their 20s/30s now I would guess. JMO

 

[GordianKnot]

So @GordianKnot since you're not feeling the story we're being told, do you still think something happened between family members and they're covering it up?
with so many children around the house what is your theory?

I don't really have a theory about what's happened.

I'm concerned with the report that JAG was last seen by his sister in the driveway morphing into the parents telling LE he ran off into the woods and searches for him being based off the area LE was told he ran.

If he was last seen at the end of the driveway, how does LE know which direction he ran?

I think there's a whole lot we're not being told.

With whom did he argue?
What was the argument over?
Was it a verbal altercation?
Was it a physical one?

I'm not willing to take this account we're getting purely at face value…at least, not yet.

I don't know what to think right now, except that this poor boy needs to be found.

Like, found right away.

As in, TODAY.

JMO.

 

[MassGuy]

This article has been updated. My main takeaway is that LE isn’t totally convinced that this is a runaway child, although personally, I think that is still the most probable scenario.

Jordan Gorman Amber Alert: Joelton search continues, TBI investigates