$1 million bail set for woman who allegedly killed husband, son to save them from 'stalkers'



BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Bail was set at $1 million Monday for a woman who allegedly told police she shot to death her husband and toddler son to "save" them from people she believed were stalking them.

Erin Lee Jordan, 43, a former teacher at the Lummi Nation School, appeared in court for the first time on two counts of murder. She spent the past three weeks in the hospital under guard while she recovered from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Erin and the bodies of her husband, Michael Jordan, 59, and 17-month-old son, Miles Jordan, were found by a real estate agent who dropped by Sunday, July 19, to get ready for an open house at the family's home at 5056 Noon Road in Bellingham.

The real estate agent told police he heard a woman calling for help behind a locked second-floor bedroom door.  He busted open the door and found the bodies of the husband and child on the bed and Erin Jordan bleeding on the floor from a gunshot wound to the chest.

According to the police statement in court documents, Erin Jordan admitted that she shot Michael and Miles as they slept a few days before they were found Sunday. She also allegedly told police she had planned the shooting for two days.

In the document, police said Erin Jordan told them she shot the two "to save them. Erin said that she was stressed, depressed and overwhelmed of the changes in her life and she believed people were watching them and stalking them. Erin said she saved Michael and Miles by doing what she did."

She then shot herself in a suicide attempt, police said.

Her husband was also at teacher at Lummi Nation School.