Wisconsin teen charged in parents' deaths is accused of plotting to kill
Trump
[April 14, 2025]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager charged in the
deaths of his parents faces wider allegations that he killed them to
“obtain the financial means” to assassinate President Donald Trump and
overthrow the government, according to a recently unsealed federal
warrant.
Nikita Casap, 17, was charged last month by Waukesha County authorities
with first-degree murder, theft and other crimes in the deaths of his
mother, Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, Donald Mayer. Authorities
allege the teenager fatally shot them at their home outside Milwaukee in
February and lived with the decomposing bodies for weeks before fleeing
with $14,000 cash, passports and the family dog. He was arrested last
month in Kansas.
Casap, in custody at the Waukesha County jail on a $1 million bond, is
due in court next month to enter a plea. County prosecutors have offered
a glimpse of the federal allegations, which were outlined in an FBI
warrant unsealed Friday.

Federal authorities accuse Casap of planning his parents’ murders,
buying a drone and explosives, and sharing his plans with others,
including a Russian speaker. His intentions are detailed in a three-page
antisemitic manifesto praising Adolf Hitler. The warrant filed at the
federal court in Milwaukee also contains excerpts of communications on
TikTok and the Telegram messenger app.
“Casap appears to have written a manifest calling for the assassination
of the President of the United States. He was in touch with other
parties about his plan to kill the President and overthrow the
government of the United States,” the search warrant says. “The killing
of his parents appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means
and autonomy necessary to carrying out his plan.”
In court, prosecutors alleged Casap was in touch with a person who
speaks Russian and shared a plan to flee to Ukraine. Authorities found
him in Kansas with money, passports, a car and the family’s dog.
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Federal prosecutors alleged Casap's manifesto outlined his reasons for
wanting to kill Trump and included ideas about how he would live in
Ukraine.
Citing Casap's writings, the federal warrant said the teenager wanted to
spur governmental collapse by “by getting rid of the president and
perhaps the vice president.”
Phone and online messages seeking comment were left Sunday for Casap’s
public defender, Nicole Ostrowski. In court last month, she moved to
dismiss some of the charges against her client, including theft, arguing
that prosecutors had not laid out their case. She's also noted her
client's age during court proceedings.
“He is young, he is still in high school,” she said on March 12.
County authorities also charged Casap with hiding a corpse, theft and
misappropriating identification to obtain money.
Officers found the bodies of Tatiana Casap, 35; and Mayer, 51, on Feb.
28. Family members requested a well-being check after Mayer didn’t
report for work and Nikita Casap skipped school for about two weeks.
Authorities believe the parents were killed weeks earlier. Prosecutors
said in court that the couple’s bodies were so badly decomposed that
they had to be identified through dental records.
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