What started as a playful Halloween prank ended in heartbreak for a Kentucky family at the start of the 2013 Halloween season.
16-year-old Jordan Morlan often pulled pranks around the house during the spooky season.
On one fateful day, he tried to scare his younger sister by pretending to hang from a noose he had tied in a tree in their front yard.
His sister, alarmed, ran inside to tell their mother, Ginger Rodriguez, but by the time she reached the tree, Jordan was unconscious and drooling.
His mother thought her son was “probably playing a prank,” but it quickly became clear that something was terribly wrong.
Jordan was rushed to the hospital, where he was placed on life support, only to pass away the following morning due to organ failure.
According to the Louisville police report, Jordan became disoriented after slipping the noose around his neck and lost consciousness when it tightened.
The coroner determined that oxygen had been cut off from his brain for 20 to 30 seconds and ruled his passing an accident.
16-year-old Jordan Morlan often pulled pranks around the house during the spooky season.
On one fateful day, he tried to scare his younger sister by pretending to hang from a noose he had tied in a tree in their front yard.
His sister, alarmed, ran inside to tell their mother, Ginger Rodriguez, but by the time she reached the tree, Jordan was unconscious and drooling.
His mother thought her son was “probably playing a prank,” but it quickly became clear that something was terribly wrong.
Jordan was rushed to the hospital, where he was placed on life support, only to pass away the following morning due to organ failure.
According to the Louisville police report, Jordan became disoriented after slipping the noose around his neck and lost consciousness when it tightened.
The coroner determined that oxygen had been cut off from his brain for 20 to 30 seconds and ruled his passing an accident.