Charges say father slashed throats of his 3 daughters

 
 Amara, 11,Cecelia, 5 and Sophie, 8,

The girls were found in separate bedrooms, with blankets pulled up to their necks and what appeared to be dried blood on their faces. Aaron Schaffhausen had been fired from his construction job last week.


RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- The three girls found dead in their River Falls home this week had their throats slashed, according to a criminal complaint Thursday charging their father, Aaron Schaffhausen, with first-degree intentional homicide.
Each of the girls was found lying in a bed with what appeared to be dried blood on their faces, the complaint said. Each had a blanket covering them up to their necks. According to preliminary autopsy results, the two older girls, Amara, 11, and Sophie, 8, died from having their throats slashed. The youngest, Cecelia, 5, had her throat slashed and was strangled.
According to the complaint, Aaron Schaffhausen called his ex-wife, Jessica, and said: "You can come home now because I killed the kids." That's when she called police.
St. Croix County District Attorney Eric Johnson would not say how Schaffhausen was able to kill all three of them separately. He had theories about why the gas was turned on in the home but would not elaborate. "I've been prosecuting for 30 years ... and this is by far the worst case I've seen," he said.

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