Convicted ax murderer sentenced to life for killing step-grandfather in Wisconsin

SPARTA, Wis. — A decide sentenced a Wisconsin man to life plus 120 years in jail Wednesday for killing his step-grandfather with an ax and injuring two different folks throughout an altercation on the step-grandfather’s residence.

Monroe County Circuit Choose Todd Ziegler known as 38-year-old Thomas Wayne Aspseter a egocentric, remorseless human being with nearly no redeeming qualities earlier than he sentenced him, the La Crosse Tribune reported.

“There’s a wrestle to seek out constructive elements of Mr. Aspseter’s character,” the decide mentioned.

In response to prosecutors, Aspseter had been staying along with his 87-year-old step-grandfather, Bernard Waite, however Waite needed him to go away the house in Sparta, a group of about 10,000 folks between Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Aspseter apparently returned to the house in June 2021 whereas Waite was at a household gathering in Waukesha and used a crowbar to get inside.

Waite and his brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Margaret Waite, returned residence to seek out Aspseter on the property. Bernard Waite informed him to go away. An enraged Aspseter then hit Bernard and Michael Waite with the ax, placing each of them within the head, and struck Margaret Waite within the arm.

Aspseter then shot himself within the throat with a rifle, known as 911 and confessed to killing Bernard Waite, in line with the criticism.

He was convicted final yr within the deadly assault.