A Wisconsin teen murdered his mom and stepfather — then stashed their bullet-riddled our bodies underneath blankets and lived with the corpses for weeks, based on prosecutors.
Nikita Casap, 17, appeared in court docket Thursday on a slew of expenses, together with first-degree intentional murder, for the ugly killings of his mother and stepdad of their Wakeusha dwelling final month, stated a brand new criticism filed by authorities.
“The very best, highest counts that we now have, fairly frankly, in our nation is what’s been alleged right here,” Waukesha County Commissioner David Herring stated in court docket, WISN reported.
It’s unclear what sparked the slayings.
Casap’s two-week absence from Waukesha West Excessive College — in addition to “bizarre or suspicious” textual content messages despatched from his stepdad’s telephone — prompted a police welfare verify on the household’s dwelling Feb. 28, officers stated.
There, cops discovered {the teenager}’s mother, Tatiana Casap, buried underneath piles of garments and blankets within the hallway close to the kitchen with a number of photographs to the neck, higher torso, stomach and proper wrist, the criticism said.
Casap’s stepfather, Donald Mayer, was found within the dwelling’s first-floor workplace with a gunshot wound to the pinnacle, based on the submitting.
Each our bodies have been decomposed past recognition, forcing authorities to make use of different strategies to verify their identities, prosecutors stated.
Tatiana and Mayer are believed to have died round Feb. 11, or 17 days earlier than deputies found them, the criticism stated.
Prosecutors consider Casap lived with the our bodies for 12 days, all whereas speaking together with his faculty, his stepfather’s employer and relations from his dad and mom’ accounts, earlier than escaping in Mayer’s automotive.
Casap was arrested throughout a site visitors cease in Wakeeney, Kan. — the identical day deputies discovered the couple’s our bodies on the home about 850 miles away — whereas driving his stepdad’s VW Atlas with the household canine inside.
“Officers noticed in plain view a gun on the passenger facet floorboard that was later decided to be a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum firearm,” the criticism stated, with the weapon description matching a gun his stepdad lately purchased.
“Additional, officers situated [the dead parents’] driver’s licenses, unused ammunition for the .357 Magnum and spent shell casings.”
Jewellery and different priceless gadgets have been discovered within the automobile, and Casap additionally allegedly used Mayer’s debit playing cards to get money and purchase items. The gadgets and money have been valued at greater than $10,000, prosecutors stated.
The teenager — who doesn’t have a license to drive — was initially charged with one depend of theft and one depend of working a motorized vehicle with out the proprietor’s consent when initially apprehended.
Casap was later additionally charged with two counts of first-degree intentional murder, two counts of hiding a corpse and two counts of theft of movable property.
The criticism stated Casap had begun to ship gory pictures on Snapchat to a feminine high-school classmate and made troubling references to taking pictures his dad and mom and killing himself.
The lady advised authorities Casap additionally was exchanging messages with somebody in Russia about assassinating President Trump. The tip led investigators to search out messages in his telephone to somebody in Russia and different unidentified people as he thought-about the thought of escaping to Ukraine, officers stated.
In these messages have been discussions in regards to the loudness of a .357 Magnum matching the outline of Mayer’s gun, based on the criticism.
Casap may face life in jail if convicted.
Casap’s bail, beforehand set at $250,000, has been elevated to $1 million, court docket data point out.
