Larry Demery was given parole through the Mutual Agreement Parole Program (MAPP), a scholastic and vocational program, according to a Tuesday release from the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission.
James Jordan was killed on July 23, 1993 while sleeping in his car on a highway in Lumberton, North Carolina. Demery and his co-suspect Daniel Green were both convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
North Carolina’s elimination parole of crimes began on or after October 1, 1994. But since Demery was convicted before the change in guidelines, he was still eligible, the release said.
Demery’s parole date is set for August 6, 2023.
A spokesman for Michael Jordan said they have no comment at this time. In a documentary about Jordan, called ‘The Last Dance’, he called his father his ‘rock’.
The car that James Jordan drove the night of his death was a gift from his son. He pulled off the road to take a nap that night.
Demery said he and Green were preparing to rob her at a motel when the expensive car caught her eye and she changed her purpose. Jordan woke up and asked what happened when he was shot, Demery said during the trial.
Demery said they had no idea who her victim was until they ripped through his belongings.
“I believe we killed Michael Jordan’s father,” Demery told Green.
They took his body to a swamp near Bennettsville, South Carolina, Demery said. Witnesses said at the time that the young men were driving Jordan’s car to pick up dates after she killed him.
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