Teen identified. Jennie Bunsom, 16, accused of killing her 7-yearold nephew, Jordan Vong.
A 16-year-old girl accused of suffocating her 7-year-old nephew after he asked her to play video games with him will face firstdegree murder charges as an adult, a Tuesday morning court hearing confirmed.
Jennie Bunsom, who turned 16 on Aug. 5, is accused of killing 7year-old Jordan Vong, wrapping his body in a blanket and storing the body in a portable closet in her bedroom.
According to the court schedule, Bunsom’s advisement hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
Jordan was reported missing the afternoon of Aug. 6, sparking an extensive search by police and neighbors.
Two days later, after police obtained a search warrant for the house in the 4900 block of Fairplay Street, a Denver police detective found Jordan’s body in a closet. The coroner’s office was called to the home, and the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a probable cause statement, Bunsom was in her basement bedroom on Aug. 6, upset about an earlier argument with a girlfriend. Jordan went to her room and asked his aunt if she wanted to play video games, and Bunsom said she didn’t want to play with him, the court documents said.
Jordan lay down on Bunsom’s bed, refusing to leave the room. Then, according to the document, Bunsom pushed him off the bed, causing the boy to strike his face on the floor.
“Jordan began to cry,” the statement said. “She placed her hand over Jordan’s mouth and plugged his nose as Jordan began to struggle for a few minutes.”
Jordan stopped moving, and Bunsom allegedly slid his body under her bed. Bunsom later took the body from under her bed, wrapped it in a blanket and placed it in one of two portable closets in her room, the document said.
“She didn’t tell any of her family what she had done to Jordan because she was afraid,” the statement said. “Nor did she tell any of her family where she had hid Jordan.”