Midlands man sentenced to 38 years in prison in connection with 2021 murder

Kendall Lamont Moody is accused of murdering Heather Jordan in the early morning hours of September 26, 2021, while at a home on Northland
Drive in the Cayce area of Lexington County.

Photo from Lexington County Sheriff's Department

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– A Midlands man was sentenced to 38 years in prison after being convicted of murder say the Eleventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

Kendall Lamont Moody was also convicted of conspiracy and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

Moody is accused of murdering Heather Jordan in the early morning hours of September 26, 2021, while at a home on Northland
Drive in the Cayce area of Lexington County.

During the trial, a witness testified that multiple people were inside a bedroom with Jordan before the shooting.

A press release says the witness described the environment as “hostile” and stated that he observed Moody place a .22 Ruger rifle to Jordan’s head and pull the trigger.

Investigators say Heather Jordan was murdered by Kendall Lamont Moody in the early morning hours of September 26, 2021, while at a home on Northland
Drive in the Cayce area of Lexington County.

The Cayce Police Department says Moody fled the scene after shooting Jordan and discarded the rifle in a nearby wooded area.

During a search at the crime scene, a fired .22 cartridge case from the bedroom and the body of Heather Jordan was found.

Officials say evidence presented at the trial established that DNA collected from the grip of the .22 rifle was consistent with Moody’s DNA profile and that the .22 Ruger rifle fired the .22 casing found at the crime scene.

He was sentenced on Nov.9 and will be taken to the South Carolina Department of Corrections to begin serving his sentence.