Man Accused Of Killing 3-Year-Old Jordyn Dumont Pleads Not Guilty

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — The man accused of killing 3-year-old Jordyn Dumont pled not guilty in court this morning.

William “Skip” McCullen was in court Thursday for a bond hearing.  The judge set his bond at $2M.  He will not face the death penalty.

Dumont was found in the woods in Gaston County on August 16th, 2016 in a shallow grave.  According to a report from the medical examiner, her body was intact and described as “cool,” but not “cold.”

The examiner noted vomit on Jordyn’s nostrils and mouth, as well as multiple contusions (bruises) to her abdomen, arms and legs. The report notes “fixed lividity” on her back, which is a term used to describe changes in the body after death.

The Medical Examiner’s summary notes that Jordyn was wrapped in a fitted black sheet and found lying on her right side in a hole beneath several broken tree limbs and dry leaves.

She was fully clothed, in a long-sleeve white shirt with the words “Best Big Sister,” blue jean shorts, panties and socks.

Additional documents from the Mecklenburg County ME Office lists Jordyn’s cause of death as “blunt force injuries due to assault.”

It specifically details multiple abdominal injuries.

It also details how Jordyn was found, and says the medical examiner received her body with her shorts and underwear partially pulled down over her upper thighs. The report notes that her underwear is fluid stained.

And here’s more:
She was hit in the head.
She was hit in the face.
She was hit in the chest.
She was hit in the abdomen.

She had at least six contusions (bruises) on her right arm and hand.
She had at least 14 contusions (bruises) on her left arm and hand.

She was hit on the back.
She was hit on her bottom.
She had a healing abrasion on her inner right thigh.

She had at least 11 contusions (bruises) on her right leg and foot.
She had an abrasion to her left foot.

She had discoloring of the skin around her anus, which is typically caused by bruising. Report says, “This may represent postmortem change. Definitive abrasion and laceration is not identified.”

She was hit so hard, her pancreas was lacerated.

On Sept. 29, the medical examiner turned over Jordyn’s clothing as well as a sexual assault kit, fingernail swabs and trace sheets to the Gaston Co. Police Department.

McCullen is the boyfriend of Jordyn’s mother, Jaylene Dumont. McCullen is in the Gaston Co. Jail. The Gaston County District Attorney, Locke Bell, has sought and received a broad gag order for this case, preventing all law enforcement agencies and businesses contracting with those agencies, from discussing the case.