BRAINERD, Minn. (KFGO) – Authorities in central Minnesota have cancelled an Amber Alert after a the man who abducted a pregnant woman and her four children at gunpoint early Friday morning was taken into custody.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says 33-year-old Nikkole Dobson, her 14-year-old son Brandon, 11-year-old daughter Haley, 7-year-old daughter Gracie, and 3-year-old daughter Chloe were taken from a home in Brainerd around 1:50 a.m. by Dobson’s boyfriend.
The Crow Wing County’s Sheriff’s Office says 35-year-old Chad Aanerud showed up at a home where Dobson and her kids were staying, fired a rifle round into the ceiling of the home, and forced all five to leave with him.
Aanerud was taken into custody in Morrison County. Dobson and her children were found safe.
Aanerud is a also suspect in an earlier homicide and arson. Lyle Maske, 62 of Brainerd died from an apparent gunshot wound.
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