Ava Maria Gordon
People do some downright dirty stuff for bread. They rob, cheat, steal, and kill. Take forty-two year old Ava Maria Gordon of Wayne County, Michigan. This little lady apparently got into an altercation with her sixty-two year old father on May 28th, 2009 which resulted in her stabbing him to death. And all for some dough. Literally. Bread. A dinner roll, people. A freaking dinner roll.
According to authorities, Ava’s father, Greg Gordon, had left some dinner rolls in the kitchen which he intended to save for later. Ava’s father left a note to his daughter instructing her to refrain from eating his bread. Ava couldn’t resist, apparently, and helped herself to the decadent dinner rolls. When Ava’s father discovered that his precious popovers had been polished off, an argument ensued.
Reports indicate that a struggle occurred between Ava and her father, causing Ava’s thick glasses to cut her face (Ava Gordon is legally blind). Ava became enraged and threatened her father with a gun. She then grabbed a kitchen knife and proceeded to brutally stab her father over twenty times in the arm, 
head, and stomach areas. After the attack, Ava fled to a wooded area behind the home.
Ava’s father somehow mustered the strength to call 911. When the responding officers arrived and asked about the attacker, Greg Gordon was able to identify his daughter as the one responsible for the stabbing. Ava was quickly located by police and taken into custody.
Greg Gordon died a short time later at a local hospital.
Neighbors indicate that throughout the years, Ava Gordon came and went from her father’s home. Most recently, she had moved back in after having relocated from New York. By all accounts, there was no known tension or trouble between the two and this incident has left many people puzzled as to how a dinner roll could turn deadly.
Ava Gordon has been charged with second degree murder and was arraigned on Thursday, June 4th, 2009. Ava Gordon could face life in prison if convicted.
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I don’t know… something’s not quite right with this. There has to be some underlying tension within this family for it to spontaneously combust. Also, the article doesn’t mention who started the altercation. The viciousness of the attack could easily be explained by what anyone would experience if they’re suddenly blinded: immediate fear. I mean, the altercation is going on, there’s some infuriating insults and noises going on, some russle and tussle, and then suddenly, you’re handicapped — you can’t see a thing (to cut her face, the glasses were most likley shattered or broken, meaning… she was pretty much blind). Now, if you’re in the middle of an altercation and you’re blind, the first instinct is to up the ante on how you protect yourself. And if they’re still advancing on you, that just aggravates your already panicked and susceptible self…
I dunno… this… really doesn’t seem moving. I wouldn’t be surprised if there comes some stories of abuse in the home… my opinion anyways.
I think she oughta go to hell. Her dad left a note for her not to eat his bread. Obviously he had verbally asked this favor in the past, but to no avail. She just didn’t give a damn about her father’s wishes.
What good does leaving a note for a legally blind person do? Honestly. Why the note?
I kind of hope you were kidding about this.
I am almost certian that the article meant she was legally blind without her glasses. My mother is legally blind without her glasses. This means she can see well (like most people) with her glasses; however, if she does not have her glasses she cannot really see anything-everything’s fuzzy and blurry. She is, therefore, legally blind (without her glasses) because she cannot see well at all.
Is she mentally ill?
Even at my angriest, I think I could stand there and say “You know what? Fuck you, I DID eat your rolls!”
At that point if someone hit you, just leave. If you leave, you rather avoid stabbing them. Stabbing 20 times is kind of overkill, is it not? So many issues with this case that don’t make a lick of sense unless you’re high, drunk, insane or trailer trash….
I don’t know what the case is, but until then I will refrain from voting.
WTF? Greedy of him not to share the bread and insane for her to stab him.
Ghetto fabulous.
But Baddie, look at her… Does she NEED anymore bread? She looks like a walking pile of bread dough herself… lol
Faaahhhbulous indeed! LOL!
Okay – She is legally blind! DO YA’LL REALLY THINK SHE COULD READ THE DAMN NOTE? Give the chic some slack – that’s what I say… I also agree with Baddie. Maybe she was panicking if dad started the altercation and just picked up whatever she could.?.?.? BUT stabbing that many times? Ehhh, a bit too much, eh?
Tayder… Her glasses were fine prior to the brawl, so yes, I believe whole-heartedly that she could read the damn not. Next time, take more than just a couple of second and read the whole damn article!
My cousin is legally blind and he can read just fine.
So legally blind can be just terrible eyesight? I always thought the term meant you were full-on blind. Good to know. Thanks for the info!
She is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo UGLY ! Yikes !
Poptart wrote “precious popovers had been polished off”
you are amazing :D
LOL… I love bread. I had fun with this story. :)
Hell for her could easi;y be a room with mirrors covering all the walls. She’d be forced to look at herself.. yuck!
Maybe she came back because she got into drugs and lost everything but the habit.
While it’s a little hard to believe that the fight was simply about dinner rolls, I do believe that it may have been the straw that “started breaking the camel’s back” – slight twist to an old cliche.
At 42, she should be gone and come back rarely, not a revolving door, so there is something not quite right from the beginning.
After looking at this picture, Colonel Sanders is quite afraid to come out tonight………
This story reminds me of a story that my cousin told me about when she used to work in an emergency room. She said that one night they had two ambulances arrive at the same time. One person had been shot and the other had been stabbed. Well, the police came in and told the ER staff that these two people were related. They were brothers. The police went on to say that their mother had made some homemade macaroni and these two got into a fight over who was going to get the last of the macaroni. The brothers began to argue and push each other. Well, the older brother left and returned with a gun and started to threaten the younger brother. They were arguing in the kitchen and the younger brother picked up a large butcher knife that was laying on the counter. He stabbed the older brother in the stomach. The older brother had the gun in his hand when he got stabbed & he shot the younger brother in the stomach. Both fell to the floor and started screaming in pain and agony. Mom grabbed the knife and the gun from them both and ran to call 911. They were brought to the hospital and operated on and both lived. They both served prison time for this situation. Well, the funny thing was that while they were arguing over who was going to get the last of the macaroni, their Dad helped himself to it and was eating the macaroni while he watched them argue. Apparently this Mom must have made some really kick ass macaroni!
You don’t even want to hear some of the other stories my cousin and one of my friend’s used to tell me about from their days of working in the ER. All I will say is there are some really crazy & twisted people in the world.
This case is extremely sad. This poor man was trying to help his daughter out and she couldn’t have enough respect for him not to eat the rolls when he asked her to, but then she kills him for saying something to her about it. What a POS! RIP Mr. Gordon!
Now for the real question:
What would this bitch do for a Klondike Bar?
Oh shit Fred! Now I went and shot diet ginger ale out my nose and all over my keyboard….Jees! pmsl!
LOL!!! That cracked me up!!
hahaha…. that’s rich!
OMGGGGGG that is fabulous. I just pissed myself a little
Fred! Holy flipping cow! That is tooooooo funny. I snotted on my darn screen. Kudos!
Fred that is too funny. I was crying I was laughing so much.
My kids and my husband used to have huge wars that would stretch for days over who ate the last of the leftovers. I have seen two of my teenagers beat the hell out of each other over stolen Twinkies, the last of the soda, and who got the remaining french fries. I have personally witnessed a 16-year-old girl eat an entire loaf of french bread meant for garlic bread for our spaghetti dinner in the time it took to pre-heat the oven. I also watched as approximately twenty percent of the groceries being brought into the house after shopping disappeared into personal stashes on their voyage from the trunk to the kitchen.
So yeah, I can picture a fatal dinner roll fight.
You paint a very frightening picture there. Sure they didn’t have tapeworms????? An entire loaf of bread… geez.
She should be sentenced to life in prison, in a cell which has pictures of her father covering all four walls, the floor and the ceiling. She should be confined in there at all times and not given anything to eat except white bread rolls.
Well, I have been thinking about another comment for this “dough”-faced broad. She was probably “loaf”ing around while her daddy was out being the “bread”winner. For her that knife was the best thing since “sliced bread.” She kind of reminds me of the “Pillsbury Dough-Boy.” She “kneads” to take responsibility for her actions. Good thing for her, that gown covers her fat “rolls.” Did anyone realize that she was just trouble in the “baking”? Thank God she never had a “bun in the oven.” Or did she?
Well, it’s time for me to “roll” on outta here. I can’t think of anymore bread terms. Mmmmmm, Bread
She’s toast.
LMAO you all are killing me
ROTFL!
One slice short of a loaf, that’s this lady…for sure.
I sure love the crusty humor here! :-D
Give him some butter ’cause he’s on a roll!
lol…. change it to give “her” and we’ll be straight
Cute!
The only 2 that may want to bake anything in that oven would be the Pillsbury Dough Boy or the Michelin Man…….
I just snorted root beer out my nose, Fred. I swear, I’m falling in love with every time I read your comments. (wipes root beer off the computer screen.)
I call you butter, cuz you’re on a ROLL! lol
This one seems strange to me. I kinda doubt it was just over the bread. It says that he came home, a fight ensued, and she was cut with her glasses after he saw that she ate her bread. I mean, she ate the bread so she wouldn’t have a reason to start a fight over it which makes me think he got violent over it.
I freely admit to going by my mom and dad’s respective homes to do laundry and eat (hey, it’s rough for new grads) and while they may be annoyed to find their leftovers gone, I can’t say that a fight has ever ensued causing my glasses to cut my face…
What the hell is it with people and fighting over FOOD?? This isn’t a third world country for cripes sakes.. No one has ever had that big of a battle over food in my house.. My mom or dad has gotten a tad ticked off that maybe someone ate what they planned on eating for lunch the next day.. One time my mom made brownies, and she told me not to eat them in the livingroom.. I told her “but you eat in the living room all the time”, then she threw the brownie at my face.. Yeah.. but that wasn’t really about food so much as me being a smart ass kid..
I once dated someone who told me he and the last girl he dated broke up over who ate a can of spaghetti-o’s.. SERIOUSLY?? It’s embarassing..
I’m agreeing with everyone who said this must have been about more than a few dinner rolls..
One question I might ask is why was she moving in and out of her fathers home? Was it laziness, or did she have emotional problems?? I’d like to know for sure..
Eeew! Spaghetti-o’s are foul. They remind me of soggy pasta from a can of campbells soup in an orange ketchup sauce.
Ick. What a thing to fight over. At least bread tastes good :)
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I was wondering if you were going to blog about this…
what kind of dinner rolls were they?
Okay, don’t spam this, puh-lease……… They were pilsbury crescent rolls!!!! Remember the commercial witht he two guys trying to decide which one of them got the last roll? Funny as hell!
Anybody think that maybe she was looking t o do a cheap boob job?
From the picture it looks like gravity really go ti her…….
It sounds as though tensions must have been simmering between these two for quite a while before the great crescent roll incident occurred. I’d be interested in hearing her side of the story–what her father said or did to set her off like that. Did he call her a big, fat, free-loading, four-eyed dough girl?
I think it was a little greedy of him not to want to share ANY of his rolls with her…geez…and she was acting like a pig for eating them ALL….neither of them watched enough Sesame Street while growing up, because they didn’t learn how to share!
Damn, now I’m hungry for some Pillsbury….
This is the kind of shit that pisses Jesus off, the bread of death; this will defiantly land you in the fiery pits of hell. Stabbing you father to death (20 times) over a dinner roll, this woman is a loon
Judging by her, I look better for my age than I thought.
I hope she fries. I’d give ANYTHING to see my dad one more time.
People who say others should be punished by having pictures of their victims pasted over their cells assume that the criminals care. I’m willing to bet a majority of the true psychos don’t. Like the Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs. But in this case, I don’t think she meant to kill him unless she literally snapped. Or maybe he had something more to talk about than the bread.
Ahhhh..so this is the infamous dinner roll debacle that Minjofu mentioned to me on another post. I was searching for it for a while.
Jesus God…murdered over a dinner roll. Damn, just damn.
Man all this dinner roll talk. I’m hungry I would stab and kill someone for a dinner roll. Oh wait…..