A JetBlue pilot who was arrested final month at Boston’s Logan Airport moments earlier than takeoff shot himself in a practice station parking zone on Friday morning.
Jeremy Gudorf, 33, killed himself in his automobile on the Wonderland MBTA Station in Revere, which is 5 miles from downtown Boston, as he was approached by troopers with the Massachusetts State Police fugitive workforce.
Reviews say that Gudorf was alive when troopers discovered him within the parking zone, earlier than he pulled out a gun and ‘abruptly shot himself.’
Police entered the car and supplied first assist, however he was pronounced lifeless on arrival at hospital.
Gudorf had been tracked right down to the parking zone weeks after he was arrested at Boston Logan Airport on February 20 on an excellent warrant from North Carolina, the place he was accused of exploitation of a minor.
He was as a result of flip himself over to police in North Carolina to face these costs, however didn’t make the journey. The troopers who witnessed his suicide had been on their method to gather him and hand him over to North Carolina authorities.
Gudorf’s shock arrest final month got here as US Customs and Border Safety performed a evaluation of the manifest of his flight from Boston to Paris and located he had excellent warrants, and he was hauled off the airplane moments earlier than takeoff.
JetBlue beforehand instructed DailyMail.com that Gudorf had been positioned on indefinite depart, and mentioned it was ‘intently reviewing’ the case.
Jeremy Gudorf, 33, who was arrested final month at Boston’s Logan Airport earlier than a flight to Paris, fatally shot himself within the parking zone of a practice station on Friday morning, officers mentioned
Gudorf killed himself in his automobile in a parking storage in Revere, Massachusetts, as he was approached by troopers with the Massachusetts State Police fugitive workforce
The warrant for the pilot’s arrest was found throughout a routine verify of the airplane’s occupants
The Huntersville Police Division in North Carolina mentioned it launched an investigation into Gudorf in October 2024 following a tip from the Nationwide Middle for Lacking and Exploited Kids.
Investigators obtained a search warrant for Google throughout the investigation, allegedly main them to seek out sexual exploitation photos linked to Gudorf.
‘On the time the crime was dedicated, data point out he resided in Huntersville, NC. Nevertheless, throughout the investigation, and earlier than he was recognized as a suspect, he relocated out of state,’ the division mentioned in an announcement.
Gudorf additionally resided in Xenia, Ohio, about an hour northeast of Cincinnati, and prosecutors had requested that he be held with out bail following his arrest at Logan Airport.
Nevertheless, a decide as a substitute set his bail was set at $10,000 and allowed him to maintain his passport, beneath the situation he reported to North Carolina inside every week.
Tanvi Verma, Gudorf’s protection lawyer, insisted after his arrest in Boston that he can be showing in North Carolina, however the pilot by no means did so
Gudorf had addresses in Huntersville, North Carolina (pictured) and Xenia, Ohio
Gudorf’s protection lawyer Tanvi Verma mentioned on the time that the pilot had ‘the monetary capability to hire a automobile and drive to North Carolina’ and ‘has assured me he’ll do this.’
‘Frankly, there isn’t a operating away from this case, decide. He is completely conscious of that,’ Verma mentioned on the time. ‘These are severe costs. The information is right here. He isn’t going to have the ability to simply run away from this.’
Verma added that her shopper had no prior prison historical past, and the decide allowed Gudorf to be freed in opposition to the prosecutors’ needs.
When he by no means confirmed up for the courtroom date in North Carolina, cops positioned him within the parking zone on Friday, shortly earlier than he killed himself.
