WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Waukesha teenager charged with killing his mother and stepfather pleaded not guilty during an arraignment Wednesday.
Nikita Casap, 17, is accused of shooting and killing his mom, Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, Donald Mayer, on Feb. 11, and then living with the bodies for nearly two weeks before going on the run. He was later arrested in Kansas.
Casap’s attorneys entered an initial plea of not guilty in court Wednesday and requested 75 to 90 days to review discovery. A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 18, according to court records.
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Casap last appeared in court on April 9 for a preliminary hearing where a detective testified that Nikita Casap’s mother and stepfather’s bodies were so decomposed they had to be identified through dental records.
In that same hearing, Waukesha County Sheriff’s Detective Ross Seitz testified that Casap had previously told a classmate he was going to kill his parents and then himself.
"The defendant, at the time, had made statements about killing himself or harming himself, but first, he would kill his parents by possibly shooting them because he didn't want to subject them to his death," said Seitz.
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Court documents revealed that Casap allegedly killed his parents as part of a plot to assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the government.
His cash bond was set at $1 million during his preliminary hearing, according to court records.
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