He faces nine felony charges, including two counts of first-degree homicide and two counts of hiding a corpse, according to Waukesha County court records.
A 17-year-old from Waukesha, Wisconsin, allegedly killed his parents as part of a plot to overthrow the United States government, including calls to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to newly unsealed federal records.
In a federal affidavit that was filed in March in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin and obtained by The Epoch Times on April 13, FBI investigators outlined the investigation into Nikita Casap, accused of killing his mother, Tatiana Casap, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, in their Waukesha home in February.
Nikita is facing nine felony charges, including two counts of first-degree homicide and two counts of hiding a corpse, according to Waukesha County court records. Authorities are also pursuing three federal charges related to conspiracy, use of weapons of mass destruction, and presidential assassination, the affidavit says.
He has not yet entered pleas for any of the charges, according to the county court docket.
Investigation Begins
In the affidavit, authorities say they conducted a welfare check at Nikita’s home on Feb. 28, after he had been absent from school for roughly two weeks and following a call from a family member who was unable to contact Nikita’s parents.
After no one answered the door, a sheriff’s deputy entered the home and found Tatiana Casap deceased, “likely from gunshot wounds,” and covered in blankets. The sheriff’s office then requested cellphone pings for Mayer and Nikita, finding that both phones were located in the area of Laramie, Wyoming.
Authorities searched the Waukesha residence again, finding Mayer, also deceased from gunshot wounds and covered in blankets, in the first-floor office. Deputies found a receipt for a .357 magnum revolver but did not find the gun in the house.
Based on an extensive review of security footage, cellphone records, and witness statements, authorities believe Mayer and Tatiana Casap were killed on Feb. 11.
Subsequent cellphone pings showed Nikita’s phone stationary at a truckstop in Walcott, Iowa, on Feb. 24. Walcott police provided security footage showing the teen operating Mayer’s black Volkswagen Atlas SUV, traveling alone with the family dog.
Authorities listed Mayer’s vehicle as stolen on the evening of Feb. 28, and entered Nikita as a missing juvenile. A little more than an hour later, the WaKeeney Kansas Police Department saw and stopped Mayer’s SUV with Nikita inside.
Police noted seeing a .357 magnum revolver in plain view on the front passenger floorboard, as well as boxes of .357 and .38 special ammunition, Mayer and Tatiana Casap’s wallets, roughly $14,000 in cash, and two cellphones belonging to Mayer and Nikita. They also found an open safe, women’s jewelry, laptops, and banking documents in the vehicle.
By Jacob Burg
