WI Teen Killed Parents To Finance His Trump Assassination Plot: Feds

MILWAUKEE, WI — A Wisconsin teenager accused of killing his parents is now facing new allegations: that he carried out the murders to fund a plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump and overthrow the U.S. government, according to a newly unsealed federal warrant.

Nikita Casap, 17, was charged in March in Waukesha County with first-degree murder, theft, and other crimes in the deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, Donald Mayer.

Prosecutors say Casap fatally shot the couple in their home in Waukesha in February and then lived with their decomposing bodies for weeks. He later fled with $14,000 in cash, family passports, and the household dog, authorities said.

Casap was arrested last month in Kansas after he was found driving a stolen vehicle with a firearm in his possession, along with passports. The arrest occurred after the teen, who had a record of "perfect" attendance, suddenly racked up two weeks of unexcused absences at Waukesha West High School.

Casap remains in the Waukesha County Jail on a $1 million bond.

"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 states.

"The killing of his parents appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to carrying out his plan."

As part of the plan to assisnate Trump, authorities say Casap purchased a drone and explosives, and openly discussed his plans with others, including a Russian-speaking individual. Casap planned to escape to Ukraine after carrying out the plot, according to prosecutors.

His intentions were outlined in a three-page antisemitic manifesto that praised Adolf Hitler, investigators said.

Reporting from the Associated Press was used in this story.