Chad Aanerud, 35, faces two counts of second-degree murder, one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, four counts of kidnapping, two counts of second-degree assault, one count of first-degree arson and one count of theft.

A Brainerd man is facing a dozen felony charges, including murder, sexual assault, arson and kidnapping, in connection with a horrifying incident that triggered a statewide Amber Alert early Friday.

The suspect in a deadly shooting of a neighbor and the kidnapping of a pregnant mother and her four children that sparked an Amber Alert last week in central Minnesota is now facing charges.What we knowThirty-five-year-old Chad Aanerud was charged Monday with 12 separate counts including murder,

Aanerud faces over a dozen charges, including two counts of second-degree murder, one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, five counts of kidnapping, two counts of second-degree assault, one count of first-degree arson and one count of theft.

Prosecutors in Crow Wing County filed charges against 35-year-old Chad Aanerud on Monday. Aanerud was arrested Friday morning after allegedly abducting a pregnant woman and her four children at gunpoint.

A dozen felony charges were filed Monday against a Brainerd man accused of a violent crime spree Friday that set off a statewide Amber Alert after he allegedly killed a man, burned a house down and kidnapped at gunpoint a pregnant woman and her four children,

Chad Aanerud, 35, was charged Monday in Crow Wing County District Court with 12 criminal counts, including second-degree murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, arson and assault with a dangerous weapon.