Comments on: UMaine student’s body found in Orono

By: Also Concerned

Also Concerned — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:21:37 +0000

Jordyn’s death has dealt a great shock to the entire UMaine community, regardless of whether you knew her or not. I had only met her briefly at the start of this semester in one of my classes, and she was and forever will be one of the nicest people I’ve met while here at UMaine.

I think that her death has served as a reminder to be more cautious , as her death was completely senseless and unfortunate. However, last Saturday, the lessons we learned from Jordyn’s death help to possibly save someone else’s life. While on the Late Night Local that night, some of us in the van noticed a girl who was overly intoxicated stumbling down a road barefoot and with no jacket in the 6 degree weather outside. We brought her in the van and helped get her to UVAC where she could be helped out better. I cant imagine what would have happened to her had we not found her.

I hope the person responsible can come forward and admit to their actions. Not only have you robbed UMaine of a good student, but also of a great friend, and a good daughter and sister to her family as well.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:37:16 +0000

As a concerned friend who wants to find out who did this to such a wonderful girl I would like to recommend that the Maine Campus update this story to include the probable description of the vehicle. Getting the word out on what to look for is the best way to find the perpetrator. If you guys could do this as soon as possible it would greatly appreciated.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:17:37 +0000

Last year I lived in Jordyn’s apartment. My car got hit while it was parked in the driveway on the night of graduation, and the driver drove away leaving nothing except my car in a heap and small bits of his own car. My consolation during that minor ordeal was that no one got hurt. Well, now a real nightmare has happened. I am lucky in the financial sense to be able to replace my own car without much heartburn. But nothing will ever bring back Jordyn who was a friend and a fine person.

This should obviously be a wake-up call for law enforcement in this community as I have read and heard other people say. But perhaps moreso, it should be a wake-up call to the citizens and visitors of Orono. Have some accountability, and do the right thing. It’s easy to feel like you live in a bubble insulated from the real world in college, but that’s not how it is. A real person and member of a family and community is dead because someone was needlessly reckless. Is that what it takes?

I’d have a thousand smashed cars to have you back, Jordyn.

By: A friend

A friend — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:14:40 +0000

Someone’s life was lost and that’s the most important thing.

I was really upset at first because there was a giant banner and a tag cloud where people could type in one word to describe their feelings, which i thought was particularly hard to look at, because people had already started to put joke words in there, and how can you describe the terrible feeling of loss in one word?

Jordyn will be missed, regardless of how anything was reported, it’s just been extremely hard to deal with fake media people pretending that they care.

I just hope that maybe this coverage will cause whoever did to turn his or herself in. The friends and family need this closure.

By: Grieving Neighbor

Grieving Neighbor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:18:13 +0000

Please know that the residents on Middle St are deeply shaken by this. We did not know Jordyn, but we watched over her with grief, sorrow and prayers on Saturday morning during the investigation.
Blessings to all whose lives she has touched and to her family.

By: Maine1

Maine1 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:58:25 +0000

To say that this was unnecessary is a huge understatement. Very very sad. If it was indeed a hit and run it was such a cruel thing to do. Though I did not know her, from what i read about her – it seems that a society in which people run away from their responsibility and run away from the opportunity to save someone’s life is probably a society that is not worthy of someone like Jordyn. But still, her family didn’t deserve to lose her.

Real heroes never die, they just move on…

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:46:21 +0000

I’ve known Jordyn since our freshman year of college. We didn’t know each other well, but we were acquainted with one another. She was very good friends with many of my good friends, and I know she meant the world to them. From the time I spent with Jordyn, I was able to see what a beautiful person she was, inside and out. She was one of the sweetest girls I’ve ever met, and I am very sad that she is gone.

It makes me sick that somebody could do this. Whoever did this and left is an absolute coward. The grief that they have caused cannot be measured. I hope police find whoever did this quickly, but finding them at all would be great.

Rest peacefully, Jordyn. You were beautiful in all aspects of life, and you will continue to shine. You were a lovely, lovely person and you will live on in the hearts of your friends.

By: duncan

duncan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:45:26 +0000

The worst thing is that the culprit probably lives very close by. Possibly on Middle Street. It’s not a main road and whoever would have been driving there would either have been returning home to Middle Street or going home from a party there.

I still feel totally sick about all this.

By: Danke

Danke — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:39:32 +0000

Could care less about the manner in which the banner was presented, that is not important.

What is important is that the person responsible is pursued, caught and held responsible and I hope that the campus does something about this.

If I were that person, I’d be long gone from Orono. Maybe you could start there.

Get out there and talk to the people on Middle Street and do some actual reporting, you don’t have to just wait for it. Do your best to find out who was on Middle Street and who left recently.

Maybe you can help, but at the least you can keep us informed.
They better find this person and they better make him/her pay with their own life, in prison.

I’m sure that the police will do the best they can do and maybe they’ll figure it out, but I hope that this paper and the whole campus takes action on this because it is absolutely horrible. Don’t expect much from the administration, except flowers and condolences.

A 20 year old girl with a bright future is gone, and everyone that knew her well is going to suffer for a long time. There isn’t anything that can bring her back, but the thought of the person who did this getting away and living out the rest of their life makes me sick, and very angry. Most likely this person was drunk or speeding, or both. I don’t know any of the facts, but if they had immediately called 911 after the accident she might have had a chance. This is disgusting, to let anyone die that way, in the cold.

I’m sorry, don’t mean to upset anyone further. Please find the person who did this.

I wish you all the best.

By: staff

staff — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:42:37 +0000

It was a mistake (colors) and they have have already brought their apologies.

http://mainecampus.com/2010/02/01/from-the-editor-closure-needed-after-tragedies/?ref=hp

As for content I do not think they have done anything inappropriate.

Otherwise we would never learn on what happened on 9/11 or in Virginia Tech. I agree with with Alum — they are messengers and the community has to be aware….