Claudia Simpson (Crossing Jordan)

Claudia Simpson (Colleen McDermott) was a hidden villainess from "Murder in the Rue Morgue", episode 4.11 of Crossing Jordan (airdate January 9, 2005). She was a woman who came into the morgue to identify a body--though strangely, didn't know the name of the decedent she was looking for. Suddenly, Claudia was gunned down by an unknown shooter, much to the shock of M.E. Jordan Cavanaugh and grief counselor Lily Lebowski.
But over the course of the episode, a dark secret was uncovered: Claudia was a villainous participant in a child sex slave ring, working with her brother Paul in the operation. The villainous siblings would kidnap young girls to use as prostitutes and, later on, would send staged photos to their parents to make them appear dead so the police would stop searching for them. Additionally, the evil Claudia had her victims refer to her as "Mother".
One of the girls being held captive by Claudia and Paul was Leann Dawber, the daughter of Frank Dawber. When he received a staged photo of Leann days after receiving a frantic phone call from her, Frank became a vengeful vigilante, going on a killing spree in revenge. After killing David Royter, a man who frequented the Simpsons' depraved business, Frank found Claudia's phone number in his wallet and used it to call her and lure her to the morgue, shooting and killing her when she arrived. Claudia's posthumous villainous reveal came when detective Woody Hoyt questioned Samuel Page, another man Frank attacked, and he identified Claudia as the woman who provided him with prostitutes.
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Claudia Simpson corpse.png|Claudia after being shot dead by Frank Dawber
Category:2000s
Category:Blonde
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Corpse
Category:Greedy
Category:Kidnapper
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Man Kills Villainess
Category:Sibling
Category:Slave Owner
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Would Hurt a Child
Category:Fate: Deceased
Category:Demise: Shot