Judge orders convicted killer to pay restitution

January 24, 2014 3:10 pm Leave a comment

Attorney John Kucinski asks the Schaffhausen family if they were going to speak during the sentencing of his client, Aaron Schaffhausen, on Monday in Hudson. Schaffhausen, who killed his three daughters last year in an act of revenge against his ex-wife, was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)

A judge has ordered a man convicted of killing his three daughters to pay more than $25,000 in restitution and court costs.

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Jury rejects insanity claim in girls’ deaths

April 17, 2013 11:29 am Leave a comment

Aaron Schaffhausen's Defense Attorney John Kucinski showed pictures of Shaffhausen and his children during closing arguments in a St. Croix County Courtroom in Hudson, Wis., Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A jury on Tuesday rejected an insanity defense by Schaffhausen, a Wisconsin father who admitted killing his three young daughters last July, ruling that he had a mental defect but still understood that what he was doing was wrong. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)

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

April 16, 2013 1:45 pm Leave a comment

State Prosecutor Gary Freyberg, left, listens to testimony from Larry Ventura, a forensic image specialist with the Wisconsin State Crime Lab during testimony at the St. Croix County Courtroom, Friday, April 12, 2013 in Hudson, Wis. Jurors at the insanity trial of Aaron Schaffhausen, a man who admitted killing his three young daughters viewed graphic photos Friday of the Wisconsin scene where the children's bodies were found.

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

April 2, 2013 3:34 pm Leave a comment

State Prosecutor Gary Freyberg turns to Aaron Schaffhausen and his attorneys as he holds a picture of Schaffhausen's three children during opening statements in Schaffhausen's murder trial, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in a St. Croix County Courtroom in Hudson, Wis. Schaffhausen last week conceded guilt on three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one of attempted arson, but maintained that he's not responsible for his actions due to mental illness. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)

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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