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A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Charges: Son killed mother in PL home, then assaulted woman in Burnsville

A man accused of killing his mother in their Prior Lake home last week is being held for allegedly breaking into a Burnsville home and groping a woman a day later, according to court documents.

Diana L. Kaiser, 67, was found dead by Prior Lake Police Department officers in her home on the 4500 block of Colorado Street Southeast on April 27, according to a criminal complaint filed in Scott County District Court. Police were dispatched to the home for a welfare check after neighbors became concerned they hadn’t seen Kaiser in days.

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Kaiser’s son, Aaron Matthew Schlossin, 37, has been charged with second-degree murder. He was already in law enforcement custody after being arrested in Burnsville a day later.

Schlossin allegedly entered a sliding door of a home and groped the female occupant, according to charges filed in Dakota County. The woman fought Schlossin off and he left the home.

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Body pulled from Minnesota River in Savage

First responders pulled the body from the river after it was reported to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday morning.

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Experience survey shows positive trend for PLSAS schools

Average positive response scores among students, staff and caregivers rose from last year’s figures.

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