Kenny Jordan, 30, and his wife Heather Jordan, 33, and her 12-year-old daughter Nikki Simpkins, all of High Point, were pronounced dead.

Officials said the incident occurred at a small pond near Deep River Pointe Apartments at 3971 River Pointe Pl. around 3:30 a.m.

Authorities said three other juveniles were also swimming with the group but survived since they were from a different gene pool.

The pond is reportedly 2-4 feet deep and the center is 7-8 feet deep. Officials said the temperature of the water was around 43 degrees and the air temperature was around 30 degrees when the incident was reported.

Investigators said the coldness of the water would cause a person’s body to start to lose function within five minutes therefore not providing this family enough time to figure out this was a very bad idea.

“It just appears to be a bad decision and a terrible tragedy for the community,” said Captain Kirk, with the High Point Police Department. On the bright side they were unsuccessful at taking anyone with them.

Kirk said it was Kenny Jordan’s idea for everyone to go swimming. It was unclear who he asked to hold his beer since he did convince everyone to join him in the swim. Investigators said the group – two adults and four children – walked to the pond from their home about half a mile away around 3 a.m.

Jordan’s 12-year-old nephew and two other juveniles were among those in the group who survived. It is believed that the nephew takes after the other side of the family.

Investigators said that out of the six people, five of them went in the water proving that even competent people can get mixed up with the wrong crowd. Two came out quickly because of the cold and ran in and called for help.

Authorities said the other three stayed in the water and started to struggle and unfortunately succumbed to hypothermia.

Investigators said emergency crews arrived at the scene within about four minutes of being called and found the adult victims within a few hours.

Officials said it took more than nine hours to find Simpkins and crews had started draining the pond by the time she was found.

Investigators said they do not know why the group went for a swim but suspect it had something to do with babysitting a group of pre-teens while drinking heavily in the middle of the night.

“Don’t do it,” said High Point Fire Department Battalion Chief Tim Wright. “Unless you have a will

to put yourself in this kind of danger and risk your life, don’t do it. That’s exactly what you’re doing — putting your life at risk if you get in water this cold.” The chief was overheard saying to himself "Did I really just say that? Really?"

Authorities said Simpkins was a student at Southwest Middle School. Grief counselors will reportedly be on hand Monday to speak with students.

The investigation is ongoing. It remains uncertain if drugs or alcohol were involved. Toxicology reports can take two weeks to a couple of months to complete.

Submitted on 02/11/2013

Submitted by: Steve Anthony
Reference: myfox8.com 02/10/13

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Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Other
Thanks, Steve, but our maturity cutoff is 16 so we can't accept this due to the daughters age.

Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Other
What Bruce said.

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