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Jury rejects insanity claim in girls’ deaths

A jury on Tuesday rejected an insanity defense by a former Wisconsin father who admitted to killing his three young daughters last July, finding he had a mental defect but still understood he was doing something wrong when he slashed his girls' throats, then tucked their bodies into bed.

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Jurors get case of dad who killed girls

A Wisconsin man who has admitted he killed his three young daughters was an angry, jealous person who decided that his "selfish desire for revenge" was worth more than his girls' lives, a prosecutor said during closing arguments Tuesday.

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Psychiatrist: Man who killed daughters sane

A man who admitted killing his three young daughters in western Wisconsin suffers from depression but is sane, a court-appointed psychiatrist testified as the second week of the suspect's insanity trial got underway Monday.

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Prosecutor: Dad killed girls to hurt ex-wife (UPDATE)

The day his ex-wife could legally remarry, Aaron Schaffhausen hopped aboard a train and left North Dakota to go back to Wisconsin. The next day, he cut their three young daughters' throats, wrapped their necks with his spare T-shirts and tucked them into bed.

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Attorney: Dad accused of killing girls delusional

The attorney for a North Dakota man charged with killing his three young daughters in Wisconsin said the defense will provide evidence that shows the defendant was delusional and depressed before the girls were slain.

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Judge rules man bound over for trial in daughters’ deaths

A North Dakota construction worker must stand trial in the deaths of his three young daughters, a Wisconsin judge ruled Tuesday after hearing how the girl's terrified mother called police and an investigator found the children tucked in bed with their faces covered in dried blood.

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