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Aaron Schaffhausen
Aaron Schaffhausen is a man who murdered his three daughters in their house in River Falls, Wisconsin in 2012. Background Aaron and Jessica Schaffhausen married in 2000 and both filed for divorce in 2011; the divorce was finalized in January of the next year. Jessica Schaffhausen, who had primary physical custody, lived with their daughters, Amara, Sophie, and Cecilia in a house in River Falls that they rented from Aaron Schaffhausen, while he lived in Minot, North Dakota. The two parties had joint custody. Amara and Sophie attended Greenwood Elementary School. Crime On July 10, 2012, Schaffhausen sent a text message to his ex-wife requesting a visit to their daughters. His ex-wife was not present at the house, and the babysitter left after Schaffhausen arrived. He slit the throats of the three girls. He also strangled Cecilia. Amara, Sophie, and Cecilia were 11, 8, and 5. Schaffhausen later called his ex-wife to tell her that he had killed them. A can of gasoline was spilled ont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Degree Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.") This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the absence of ''malice'',This is "malice" in a technical legal sense, not the more usual English sense denoting an emotional state. See malice (law). brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. ''Involuntary'' manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness. Most societies consider murder to be an extremely serious crime, and thus that a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEAU
WEAU (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, serving the La Crosse, Wisconsin, La Crosse–Eau Claire media market, market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios on South Hastings Way / U.S. Route 53, US 53 Business in Altoona, Wisconsin, Altoona (with an Eau Claire United States Postal Service, postal address); its transmitter is located north of Fairchild, Wisconsin, Fairchild, near the Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Eau Claire–Clark County, Wisconsin, Clark county line. History WEAU-TV signed-on 1953 in television, December 17, 1953 under the ownership of Central Broadcasting Company. This ownership group was led by a predecessor to Morgan Murphy Media and also included the ''Eau Claire Leader-Telegram'' along with WEAU radio (790 AM now WEAQ at 1150 AM, and 94.1 FM now WIAL). It has always been a primary NBC affiliate but initially carried programs from CBS, Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
