Name: Rolf Neslund
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 8, 1980
Location Last Seen: Lopez Island, Washington
Date of Birth: November 4, 1900
Age: 79 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Grey
Eye Color: Unknown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Norwegian. Wears prescription glasses. He is bowlegged and has very muscular arms. His blood type is A positive. A heart with an arrow and the name "Muriel" on his right forearm, a Coast Guard insignia or American flag on his left forearm, and an arrow around the middle finger of his right hand. He has a split diaphragm from an injury he sustained in his youth, and he may have once broken two fingers. Medical: Suffers from type II diabetes and was prescribed the drug; Orinase; to regulate his condition.
Dentals: Full set of dentures
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Rolf was last seen sometime during August 1980. He lived with his wife, Nettie Ruth Neslund on Lopez Island in Washington.
In February 1981, the Puget Sound Pilots Association (PSPA) contacted the San Juan County Sheriff's Department and reported that they had been unable to contact Rolf Neslund. Ruth claimed Rolf had just gone on an extended trip to Norway, but the PSPA discontinued his $1,200 monthly pension payments until they heard from him.
Ruth Neslund had phoned both sisters on August 8, 1980, confessing that she had killed her husband and was burning his body outside in the back yard. Since Ruth had appeared to be intoxicated, they did not believe the story at the time.
After colleagues report Rolf Neslund missing, the San Juan County Sheriff's Department opened a missing-persons investigation, eventually charging Ruth, in March 1983, with murdering her husband. In October 1985 she was found guilty of premeditated murder.
Agency Name: San Juan County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 468-2333
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Added: 2-15-2008; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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