Death In A Five Star Hotel

"NEW YORK, NY - A Manhattan socialite, distraught over her failing marriage, killed her 8-year-old son in a botched murder-suicide at a luxury Midtown hotel, police sources said Friday.

"Gigi Jordan, 49, was `babbling incoherently` when police found her on the floor of Room 1154 inside the Peninsula hotel on Fifth Ave. shortly before noon, the sources said.

"Her son - who was dead about a day - was face-up on the floor near his mom, with prescription pills scattered around the pricey room, the sources said.

"The dead child was `foaming at the mouth` from an apparent overdose, a police source said.

"There were also several notes left inside the room, although it was unclear if they were suicide notes, the sources said.

"`She lawyers up right away,` one police source said. `She won't answer any questions.`

"Jordan, who lives in the Trump International Hotel & Towers on Columbus Circle, was apparently upset over the end of her marriage when she checked into the five-star hotel with son Jude on Wednesday night, sources said.

"She paid the bill in cash, ordered room service and never left the room after arriving, police said.

"Jordan kept in e-mail contact with an aunt in Belgium, threatening to kill herself and the boy, sources said. The terrified aunt contacted the NYPD, which sent officers to the woman's West Side home.

"Jordan was eventually traced to the Peninsula, where she was found with her dead son.

"The woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital at about 12:45 p.m., police said. She had ingested some of the pills, but survived the suicide attempt.

"The luxury hotel at 55th St. caters to upscale tourists with its spacious $600-a-night rooms."

Source: DAILY NEWS...