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Police: UW-Madison student accused of killing his mom had taken out life insurance policies

The UW-Madison junior told authorities his mother?s early June death in a Lincoln County lake was an accident. But then police found a will and life insurance policies with him as sole beneficiary, according to a criminal complaint. And they found maps of area lakes, with the deepest areas highlighted.

The discoveries led to a Nov. 29 Lincoln County search warrant, served Monday night by Madison police and state Department of Criminal Investigation officers at the Downtown apartment of 24-year-old Chase Boruch.