Wife Posted About Other Women ‘Plotting’ Against Her Marriage Days Before Allegedly Killing Husband and Leaving Body Outside

Jordan Baxter, 38, of Philadelphia, was found dead on a plastic sheet outside of his home with a gun resting on his chest, police said

KC Baker

Published on March 26, 2025 02:30PM EDT

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Danielle Baxter; Jordan Baxter. Photo:
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A Philadelphia woman is accused of fatally shooting her husband and leaving his body on a plastic sheet outside their house just days after posting a cryptic message on social media about their marriage.

Danielle Baxter, 39, of Philadelphia, was arrested on Thursday, March 20, and charged with murder and other crimes including abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime with intention, online court records show.

The alleged murder came to authorities’ attention just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19 when police responded to a report of someone screaming on the 800 block of Bells Mill Road, CBS News reports.

Arriving officers found a victim, later identified as Jordan Baxter, 38, on a plastic sheet between two parked cars, police said, Fox 29 Philadelphia reports.

Jordan sustained a gunshot wound to the back of his head, ABC 6 reports.

Detectives allegedly found blood on a mattress inside the home where the couple lived, police said.

Baxter was pronounced dead at 7:07 a.m.

Detectives began investigating and arrested the victim’s wife the next day.

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Authorities have not disclosed any possible motive for the alleged murder.

But on March 14, Danielle posted a message on Facebook hinting at trouble in her relationship with Jordan.

“These females out here be plotting on your marriage and waiting for your downfall so they can come right on in and these men let them,” she wrote.

The father of three worked for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority or SEPTA, the city’s public transit system.

"SEPTA is saddened by the tragic loss of Jordan Baxter, who was a veteran Regional Rail engineer,” a spokesperson for SEPTA said in a statement, CBS News reports. “Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this difficult time.”

A GoFundMe has been set up to support Jordan’s children and “to give him a proper funeral.”

The Philadelphia Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for information.