Man pleads not guilty to murdering grandparents
Apr 4, 2013, 11:45 AM | Updated: 12:54 pm
Michael "Chad" Boysen, 26, was released March 8, 2013, after serving nine months on a burglary conviction. Now, Boysen is accused of killing his grandparents in Renton. (AP Photo/King County Sheriff's Office, Cindi L. West)
(AP Photo/King County Sheriff's Office, Cindi L. West)
The man accused of murdering his elderly grandparents hours after his release from a Washington state prison has pleaded not guilty.
Michael “Chadd” Boysen, 26, appeared in a King County courtroom Thursday to be arraigned on two counts of aggravated murder. Prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to seek the death penalty in the case.
Boysen is accused of strangling Robert Taylor, 82, and Norma Taylor, 80, shortly after the couple picked him up from the correctional complex in Monroe, where he served nine months for attempted burglary.
Their bodies were found in the closet of a spare bedroom in their Renton home on March 9.
According to court documents, Boysen stole thousands of dollars in cash, credit cards and jewelry from the home. Several items, including Robert Taylor’s wedding band, were later pawned at AC Coins in Kent.
Detectives believe Boysen checked into the Extended Stay America in Tukwila on March 10, but left before deputies were tipped off to his location on March 11.
On the morning of March 12, a clerk at the Westshore Oceanfront Suites in Lincoln City, Ore., called 911 to report that a man using the name “Michael Chadd Boysen,” checked in the night before. After a 10-hour standoff, Boysen was taken into custody at the motel and hospitalized for several self-inflicted cuts.
