Man Accused Of Stabbing Appalachian Trail Hiker To Death Pleads Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity

ABINGDON, Virginia — A Massachusetts man pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on Thursday in the death of an Appalachian Trail hiker and attacking another hiker with a hunting knife two years ago, authorities said. James Jordan of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, was accused of the fatal stabbing of Ronald Sanchez Jr., 43, of Oklahoma City and wounding a female hiker in Virginia in May 2019, WDBJ reported. Jordan will be committed indefinitely to a psychiatric facility within the Bureau of Prisons.