Erlandson cleared in homicide investigation
Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, December 27, 2005
BOTHELL – A convicted killer has been cleared in the homicide of her former husband, Everett police announced this morning.
Noreen Erlandson, 53, is no longer a suspect in the death of her ex-husband Douglas Erlandson, Everett Sgt. Boyd Bryant said.
The former nurse has been eliminated as a suspect in the case through the examination of evidence as well as the findings of a polygraph examination, according to a release issued this morning by the Everett Police Department.
Police won’t say if they have a suspect in the homicide.
Douglas Erlandson, 60, died Dec. 17 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. His son told police he found his father bleeding and unconscious at their home in the 4300 block of 212th Street SE.
It is the same house where Noreen Erlandson beat to death the couple’s 2 1/2-year-old daughter in 1991. She was convicted of second-degree murder and served about 12 years in prison. She was released December 2004 after she pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Her freedom came after state Supreme Court rulings that overturned dozens of murder convictions statewide.
