Mike on Crime

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A woman suspected of killing her 8-year-old son at a New York City luxury hotel and then trying to commit suicide has been charged with second-degree murder.

Police say 49-year-old Gigi Jordan was charged Saturday at a local hospital where she had been taken after being found slumped on the floor of her room. She was found at the five-star Peninsula Hotel New York on Fifth Avenue with her dead son nearby.

Police say the boy was found Friday lying face-up on the bed. They say the boy and his mother were surrounded by prescription medication.

City medical examiner spokeswoman Ellen Borakove says the boy’s cause of death is pending toxicology and tissue studies.

Prosecutors say they don’t know whether Jordan has an attorney or when she would be arraigned.