A 17-year-old Wisconsin teenager, Nikita Casap , has been charged with killing his mother and stepfather in what federal investigators allege was a calculated plan to obtain the financial resources and autonomy necessary to assassinate US President Donald Trump and incite a political revolution.
Casap was arrested on February 28 in WaKeeney, Kansas, after authorities discovered the bodies of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, 51, at their Waukesha home—about 17 miles southwest of Milwaukee. The arrest came after Mayer’s mother requested a welfare check, citing an inability to contact the family and noting Casap’s unexplained absence from school for two weeks.
According to an unsealed federal warrant and newly released court documents, Casap was influenced by extremist ideology, with investigators linking him to a neo-Nazi group called the Order of Nine Angels. A manifesto found on Casap’s phone contained antisemitic content, praise for Adolf Hitler, and instructions for constructing bombs. “By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos,” Casap wrote.
The FBI warrant, unsealed on Friday, states: “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.”
Authorities believe the killings occurred on February 11, with Mayer shot at around 6:30 pm and Tatiana about two hours later. Their bodies were reportedly left covered in blankets inside the home for weeks. Security footage later showed Casap driving Mayer’s car with the family dog at a truck stop in Iowa on February 12.
When police stopped Casap on February 28, they found the .357 Magnum handgun used in the killings, ammunition, his parents’ wallets and phones, and roughly $14,000 in cash—some in euros—along with passports and a drone he allegedly purchased for a planned attack. Prosecutors also said Casap discussed fleeing to Ukraine and had been in contact with a Russian-speaking individual.
Casap is currently being held in Waukesha County Jail on a $1 million bond and faces multiple charges including two counts of first-degree homicide , hiding a corpse, theft, and possession of a firearm. He is due to be arraigned on May 7. His public defender, Nicole Ostrowski, has requested dismissal of some charges and pointed to his age in court, stating, “He is young, he is still in high school.”
Authorities continue to investigate the full extent of the teen’s alleged plot and possible co-conspirators, while the incident has reignited concerns over domestic radicalisation and political violence in the United States.
(With inputs from New York Times)
Casap was arrested on February 28 in WaKeeney, Kansas, after authorities discovered the bodies of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, 51, at their Waukesha home—about 17 miles southwest of Milwaukee. The arrest came after Mayer’s mother requested a welfare check, citing an inability to contact the family and noting Casap’s unexplained absence from school for two weeks.
According to an unsealed federal warrant and newly released court documents, Casap was influenced by extremist ideology, with investigators linking him to a neo-Nazi group called the Order of Nine Angels. A manifesto found on Casap’s phone contained antisemitic content, praise for Adolf Hitler, and instructions for constructing bombs. “By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos,” Casap wrote.
The FBI warrant, unsealed on Friday, states: “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.”
Authorities believe the killings occurred on February 11, with Mayer shot at around 6:30 pm and Tatiana about two hours later. Their bodies were reportedly left covered in blankets inside the home for weeks. Security footage later showed Casap driving Mayer’s car with the family dog at a truck stop in Iowa on February 12.
When police stopped Casap on February 28, they found the .357 Magnum handgun used in the killings, ammunition, his parents’ wallets and phones, and roughly $14,000 in cash—some in euros—along with passports and a drone he allegedly purchased for a planned attack. Prosecutors also said Casap discussed fleeing to Ukraine and had been in contact with a Russian-speaking individual.
Casap is currently being held in Waukesha County Jail on a $1 million bond and faces multiple charges including two counts of first-degree homicide , hiding a corpse, theft, and possession of a firearm. He is due to be arraigned on May 7. His public defender, Nicole Ostrowski, has requested dismissal of some charges and pointed to his age in court, stating, “He is young, he is still in high school.”
Authorities continue to investigate the full extent of the teen’s alleged plot and possible co-conspirators, while the incident has reignited concerns over domestic radicalisation and political violence in the United States.
(With inputs from New York Times)
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