Meika Jordan’s mother and stepfather hope for the best with Wednesday verdict
Posted Jun 2, 2015 1:30 pm.
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“From day one, Meika was the kind of girl that was going to change the world someday and unfortunately, she just has to do that from heaven now.”
Those are the words of Brian Woodhouse, stepfather of six-year-old Meika Jordan, the little girl who was brutally killed in November of 2011.
Her biological father, Spencer Jordan, and stepmother, Marie Magoon, are charged with her murder and after over three years of waiting, a verdict in the case will come down Wednesday afternoon.
It’s a wait Woodhouse and Jordan’s mother Kyla have been longing for.
“I’ve thought it numerous times over the last few years that all of this has been going on, that’s basically what we’ve been waiting for since the beginning is that final verdict of first or second or what have you,” Kyla Woodhouse said. “We’ve kind of I think both anticipated and both tried to prepare ourselves as best as we can for either way.”
Closing arguments in the case ended in late April, as the accused are charged with not only killing Jordan, but also torturing her and confining her before her death.
Some of the alleged acts include Magoon burning Meika’s hands with a lighter, Jordan punching her as hard as he could in the stomach and throwing her up and down stairs.
“We’re fairly confident with the work that all the detectives did, the work of the Crown prosecutors and everybody that’s helped out on this, we’re very confident that things are going to go very well,” Kyla said.
Brian shares the sentiment and added at this point, the story has gone beyond just the impact on his family, but that of all child victims of abuse.
“We can’t bring her back, so we do things in her name now, we spread her awareness, we spread her story, we fight for the prevention and protection of other children in her name,” he said.
Meika’s story has gone far beyond Calgary borders, with the Woodhouses getting messages of support from the Maritimes to the United States to European countries and they say the support has been critical.
“Having that support and having the emotional connection and the friends and family members and the people that will cry with you and will let you yell and scream at them, just take you out for lunch and a sandwich,” he said. “I can never thank these people enough.”
That support will certainly be present as Judge Rosemary Nation gives her reading Wednesday and Kyla says they’re as ready as possible.
“Even if we don’t end up walking away with exactly what we want, at this point in time, it’s not about us anymore, it’s about Meika and unfortunately the other thousands of children that go through abuse and the families that have gone through similar situations to ours,” she said. “With the progress and the way our system has worked for us, we’re hoping that in the future it will be able to be even a little bit quicker of a process and to help the other families to be able to move forward in their lives as well.”
