A couple is suing Island County and an investment company after unwittingly purchasing a home on Camano Island that was the scene of a murder and contaminated with methamphetamine.

The house, on Michelle Drive, has a checkered history, the lawsuit indicates.

It once belonged to Bryan Ross, who was sent to prison in 2010 after being convicted of raping a disabled woman in the house. The conviction was later vacated and he pleaded guilty to indecent liberties by forcible compulsion.

In Ross’s absence, the house was occupied by squatters who used and manufactured meth and stole utilities from neighbors, according to the lawsuit.

In 2014, Camano resident Riley Ottersen shot a man and a woman who were sitting in a car on the property. The man died from a bullet wound to the face and the woman was injured.

Ottersen led police on a high-speed pursuit from Camano to Mukilteo. He crashed his car, drew his gun on police and was shot. He later died at the hospital.

Between 2013 and 2017, the Island County Sheriff’s Office and Public Health were notified numerous times of meth manufacturing and use at the house, the lawsuit states.

In 2015, the property was transferred back to the lender and a company was hired to clean the property. It was later deeded to View Sun Investments, LLC.

Last year, Diane and Ted Perillo purchased the property without being told about its history, the lawsuit claims. The couple later found out and had a company test the house for meth residue; tests showed it is contaminated and will have to be razed, the claim states.

The lawsuit alleges that the county breached its duty to record public notice of meth labs at the property. It also alleges that View Sun was fraudulent in not disclosing the history to the buyers.

The couple is seeking damages.