Crime

A 17-year-old Wisconsin teen, Nikita Casap, has been charged with murdering his mother and stepfather and continuing to live in their home with their bodies for approximately two weeks, prosecutors allege. Casap appeared in Waukesha court on Thursday, facing multiple charges, including first-degree intentional homicide, in the deaths of Tatiana Casap, 35, and Donald Mayer, 51. The deceased couple was discovered on February 28 following a welfare check requested by Mayer's mother. Both bodies were found in a state of decay with gunshot wounds. According to the criminal complaint, Casap had been absent from school for two weeks without any excused absences provided. Authorities arrested Casap on February 28 in Wakeeney, Kansas—over 800 miles from Wisconsin—after he ran a stop sign while driving his stepfather's Volkswagen Atlas. Inside the vehicle, police discovered his stepfather's Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum gun, […]