Jordan Graham possibly blindfolded husband before pushing him off cliff, prosecutors say
- 10 years ago
New evidence in the murder case of 22-year-old Montana woman Jordan Graham, who is accused of killing her husband just eight days after their wedding, could suggest that 25-year-old Cody Johnson was blindfolded when his new wife pushed him off a cliff in Glacier National Park in July, prosecutors said.
This new information blindsided Graham's defense team less than a month before her trial was scheduled to begin, and her lawyers are now asking the judge to dismiss the first-degree murder charge against her on the grounds that investigators attempted to manipulate the young woman during an initial interview.
Graham initially told investigators during an early interview that Johnson had disappeared after a joy ride with friend from out of town. She claims that she saw a dark car with Washington license plates pull out of their driveway as she was coming home, and believed her husband to be in that car. However, soon after, she changed her story and admitted that she and her husband had been arguing while hiking the 'The Loop' trail in the national park. Graham said he had grabbed her and in response, she pushed him off of her, then off of the cliff with both hands. He fell 200 feet to his death.
Prosecutors now say Johnson might have been blindfolded, which would bring into question Graham's most recent telling of events. They say some fabric found on a shoal of the river below could be a blindfold and are waiting on the results of a DNA test which will confirm whether Johnson wore it.
It was also revealed that Graham did mention in one interview that Johnson had boasted he could climb the trail blindfolded, though it was not clear whether he was actually wearing one when he fell.
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This new information blindsided Graham's defense team less than a month before her trial was scheduled to begin, and her lawyers are now asking the judge to dismiss the first-degree murder charge against her on the grounds that investigators attempted to manipulate the young woman during an initial interview.
Graham initially told investigators during an early interview that Johnson had disappeared after a joy ride with friend from out of town. She claims that she saw a dark car with Washington license plates pull out of their driveway as she was coming home, and believed her husband to be in that car. However, soon after, she changed her story and admitted that she and her husband had been arguing while hiking the 'The Loop' trail in the national park. Graham said he had grabbed her and in response, she pushed him off of her, then off of the cliff with both hands. He fell 200 feet to his death.
Prosecutors now say Johnson might have been blindfolded, which would bring into question Graham's most recent telling of events. They say some fabric found on a shoal of the river below could be a blindfold and are waiting on the results of a DNA test which will confirm whether Johnson wore it.
It was also revealed that Graham did mention in one interview that Johnson had boasted he could climb the trail blindfolded, though it was not clear whether he was actually wearing one when he fell.
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