Waukesha man gets life for triple slaying

January 31, 2014 1:56 pm Leave a comment

Jaren Kuester, convicted of the murders of Chloe and Gary Thoreson and Dean Thoreson in Wiota last April, looks up at Krista Kreil, daughter of Chloe and Gary Thoreson, as she gives her vicitm impact statement during Kuester's sentencing Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 at Lafayette County Courthouse in Darlington, Wis. Kuester was sentenced Friday to spend the rest of his life in a mental institution. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Amber Arnold)

A Waukesha man convicted of beating three people to death in a western Wisconsin farmhouse will spend the rest of his life in a mental institution.

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2013 brought resolution to several old crimes

December 29, 2013 9:39 am Leave a comment

A 77-year-old Sheboygan woman was convicted in February of killing her toddler more than 50 years earlier. Prosecutors said Ruby Klokow threw her 6-month-old daughter roughly against a sofa, causing her to bounce to the floor. Klokow, who was charged after her adult son came forward in 2008 with stories of horrific child abuse, received a maximum sentence in May of 10 years in prison.

Several Wisconsin residents were sentenced in 2013 for decades-old crimes, while new slayings left residents horrified.

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Man pleads guilty in triple homicide

December 4, 2013 9:29 pm Leave a comment

A Waukesha man pleaded guilty Wednesday in the beating deaths of three retired farmers in southern Wisconsin.

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Judge orders Waukesha man confined to mental hospital

November 1, 2013 9:36 am Leave a comment

A Wisconsin man arrested in the deaths of three retired farmers has been sent to a mental institution after a judge found he wasn't competent to stand trial.

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Judge enters pleas for man in triple homicide

June 3, 2013 12:01 pm Leave a comment

Jaren Kuester, left, appears in Lafayette County Court with attorney Guy Taylor, right, in Darlington, Wis., Friday afternoon, May 10, 2013.Judge William Johnston entered not guilty pleas Monday for Kuester, who faces five felony counts. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)

A judge entered not guilty pleas Monday on behalf of a Milwaukee man accused of killing three family members in Lafayette County after the man's attorney talked him out of pleading guilty.

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Judge orders trial in triple homicide (UPDATE)

May 13, 2013 2:52 pm Leave a comment

Jaren Kuester, is seated at the defendant's table in Lafayette County Court in Darlington, Wis., Friday afternoon, May 10, 2013. At right, standing, is Roy Korte of the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Jaren Kuester faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of Gary Thoreson, his wife, Chloe Thoreson, and his brother, Dean Thoreson. Prosecutors say Kuester broke into Gary and Chloe Thoreson's Lafayette County farmhouse on April 27 and killed all three of them with a fireplace poker. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)

A judge ordered a Milwaukee man accused of killing three members of a southwestern Wisconsin family to stand trial Monday after an investigator testified the man confessed to the slayings.

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Attorney: Triple homicide suspect ‘confused’ (UPDATE)

May 10, 2013 2:06 pm Leave a comment

Jaren Kuester, left, appears in Lafayette County Court with attorney Guy Taylor, right, in Darlington, Wis., Friday afternoon, May 10, 2013. Jaren Kuester faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of Gary Thoreson, his wife, Chloe Thoreson, and his brother, Dean Thoreson. Prosecutors say Kuester broke into Gary and Chloe Thoreson's Lafayette County farmhouse on April 27 and killed all three of them with a fireplace poker. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)

A Milwaukee man accused of killing three people in a southwestern Wisconsin farmhouse is confused about the line between reality and delusion, his defense attorney said Friday.

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