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Big Lake man found guilty of killing his mother in 2020
The court also set an April 13 hearing on Jordahl’s mental-illness defense after his conviction for killing Big Lake Council member Rosalie Johnson.
- On Tuesday, April 7, a Sherburne County judge found Eric Leif Jordahl, 26, guilty of murdering his mother, Rosalie Johnson, 62, a Big Lake City Council member, in their Big Lake, Minnesota, home during a July 2020 incident.
- The defendant's father, Andrew Jordahl, discovered his son at their residence on July 23, 2020, covered in blood after the attack, which involved both sharp and blunt force trauma to Johnson.
- After being found competent in 2024, Jordahl waived his right to a jury trial in January, following significant delays since a 2021 finding of incompetence.
- A hearing scheduled for Monday, April 13, will determine if Jordahl is not guilty by reason of mental illness in a bifurcated trial presided over by District Judge Karen Schommer.
- If the mental illness defense fails, Jordahl will be sentenced to prison; otherwise, he will remain housed at the Forensic Mental Health Program, where he has resided since being classified as mentally ill and dangerous.
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Duluth News Tribune
Big Lake man found guilty of killing his mother in 2020
ELK RIVER, Minn. — A Sherburne County judge has found a man guilty of murdering his mother in 2020, according to documents filed on Tuesday, April 7. The judge found Eric Jordahl, 26, of Big Lake, Minnesota, guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and two counts of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his mother, Rosalie Johnson, 62, a Big Lake City Council member at the time. Jordahl will have a hearing on Monday, April 13, when a j…
Big Lake man found guilty of killing his mother
ELK RIVER — A Sherburne County judge has found a man guilty of murdering his mother in 2020, according to documents filed on Tuesday, April 7. The judge found Eric Jordahl, 26, of Big Lake, guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and two counts of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his mother, Rosalie Johnson, 62, a Big Lake City Council member at the time. Now, Jordahl will have a hearing on Monday, April 13, when a judge will rul…
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