(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted, in part, to the Patriot by the Sherburne County Attorney’s office).

On July 27, 2020, Eric Leif Jordahl was charged with Murder in the Second Degree--With Intent and Murder in the Second Degree--Without Intent While Committing a Felony in Sherburne County Court File 71-CR-20-853.

Four days earlier, on July 23, 2020, Jordahl’s father called 911 to report that his wife had been killed by their son. When police arrived, Rosalie Ellie Johnson, 62, was found brutally assaulted and murdered.

Johnson had been a long-serving public figure who was serving on many committees with the City of Big Lake as well as being a council member.

On August 21, 2020, a grand jury indicted Jordahl on counts of Murder in the First Degree--Premeditation, Murder in the Second Degree--With Intent and Murder in the Second Degree--Without Intent While Committing a Felony.  

After an evaluation was completed pursuant to Rule 20 of the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, the district court judge found Jordahl incompetent to proceed.  

On February 4, 2021, the State filed a Notice of Intent to Prosecute when the defendant regains competency.