The day of the murder

On the morning of 15th June 2005 Natasha Norton her kissed sleeping daughter goodbye before she left for work not knowing that it would be the last time she saw her 6 months old daughter alive.

Little baby Jordan was at home being looked after by her nanny and her uncle Dylan 18 was also at home.

A man knocked at the door before 10am saying that he had a parcel to deliver. The nanny called Dylan to sign for the parcel and then the man pulled out a knife 3 others appeared and forced their way into the Norton household.
They tied up the two adults, but Jordan was taken away into another room. Both the nanny and uncle repeatedly pleaded for Jordan to be brought to them, but their plea was ignored.

The men left the two in the room and soon afterwards the house became quiet. Dylan managed to free himself and ran into the kitchen and pressed a panic button. He then went looking for Jordan.

In his room he saw Jordans legs sticking out from under a pillow. He picked up a pillow and found Jordan bleeding from a stab wound in her neck.

He picked her up and said she still gave a little kick. The nanny took Jordan from him and ran outside looking for help.

A neighbour took Jordan to a doctors consulting rooms nearby where she was declared dead.

The robbers took a locked safe, clothing and shoes but left expensive DVD, cameras, tv and cellphone.

The Nortons had received a call the previous evening telling them to expect delivery of a parcel which led the police to believe that the invasion and robbery was well planned. The pretext of delivering a parcel was how the 4 men gained entrance to the house. The parcel was subsequently found to contain waste paper.

Photograph of Natasha Norton with friend while pregnant with Jordan. Courtesy of Weekend Post