Prosecutors expect Scaffhausen to plead insanity at his arraignment
Prosecutors expect Aaron Schaffhausen to plead insanity to charges that he murdered his three daughters, and tried to burn down the house in River Falls where they and his ex-wife lived.
Prosecutors expect Aaron Schaffhausen to plead insanity to charges that he murdered his three daughters, and tried to burn down the house in River Falls where they and his ex-wife lived. The 35-year-old Schaffhausen is scheduled to enter his pleas on Tuesday. And assistant state attorney general Gary Freyberg said in a court filing that he expects a plea of innocent by reason of mental disease. Schaffhausen is charged with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide, and a new charge of attempted arson was filed this week. His attorney, John Kucinski, said last month that Schaffhausen was depressed and delusional for a long time before the slayings on July 10th. The attorney refused comment yesterday. Schaffhausen divorced his ex-wife in January, and he became a construction worker in Minot North Dakota. Authorities have not given a motive for the slayings – which occurred after Schaffhausen’s ex-wife gave him permission to see his three daughters alone.
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