Teenager Who Killed His Parents To Fund Trump Assassination Plot Sentenced To Life In Prison

A Wisconsin teen who killed his parents and stole their money to money a scheme to assassinate President Donald Trump has been sentenced to life successful prison.

Nikita Casap, 18, pleaded blameworthy successful January to 2 counts of first-degree intentional homicide successful Waukesha County Circuit Court successful relationship pinch nan shooting deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, successful 2025. Prosecutors dropped 7 different charges in a plea deal, including 2 counts of hiding a corpse and theft.

First-degree intentional homicide carries a mandatory life sentence.

The only mobility arsenic Judge Ralph Ramirez began nan sentencing proceeding Thursday day was whether he would make Casap eligible for parole astatine immoderate point.

Calling Casap's offenses “horrific" and “inexplicable,” Ramirez yet handed down 2 life sentences pinch nary chance astatine extended supervision, nan word nan Wisconsin criminal justness strategy uses for parole. The judge said he didn't person a “crystal ball” that would show him erstwhile Casap would change, if ever.

“I take to find he’s not eligible for extended merchandise because I do not cognize ... erstwhile and if and whether a profound and important alteration tin occur,” Ramirez said.

Mother, stepfather killed successful their home

According to a criminal complaint, investigators judge Casap changeable his stepfather and mother astatine their location successful nan colony of Waukesha connected aliases astir February 11, 2025.

He lived pinch nan decomposing bodies for 2 weeks earlier fleeing crossed nan state successful his stepfather’s SUV pinch $14,000 successful cash, jewelry, passports, his stepfather’s weapon and nan family dog, according to nan complaint. He was yet arrested during a postulation extremity successful Kansas connected February 28 aft 4 days connected nan run.

Federal authorities person accused Casap of readying his parents’ murders, buying a drone and explosives and sharing his plans pinch others, including a Russian speaker. They said successful a national hunt warrant that he wrote a manifesto calling for Trump’s assassination and was successful touch pinch others astir his crippled to overthrow nan U.S. government

“The sidesplitting of his parents appeared to beryllium an effort to get nan financial intends and autonomy basal to transportation retired his plan,” that warrant said.

Detectives recovered respective messages connected Casap’s cellphone from January 2025 successful which Casap asks really agelong he will person to hide earlier he is relocated to Ukraine. An chartless individual responded successful Russian, nan title said, but nan archive doesn’t opportunity what that personification told Casap.

In different connection Casap asks: “So while successful Ukraine, I’ll beryllium capable to unrecorded a normal life? Even if it’s recovered retired I did it?”

Prosecutors insist Casap excessively vulnerable to ever beryllium released

District Attorney Lesli Boese told nan judge Thursday that Casap was excessively vulnerable to ever beryllium released from prison.

Pulling from an question and reply Casap gave to nan FBI, Boese said that Casap and his mother moved to nan United States from nan Republic of Moldova erstwhile Casap was a grade-schooler but he became progressively addicted to what she called “disturbing websites” arsenic he grew older. She didn't elaborate, but astatine 1 constituent said he had been researching serial killers and schoolhouse shootings.

Boese said Casap developed a scheme successful precocious 2024 to target Trump pinch an AK-47 firearm attached to a drone. The teen later decided he wanted to driblet explosives connected Trump from a drone and past fly by vessel to Ukraine, wherever he planned to hide for a decade, according to nan territory attorney. Casap told agents he wouldn't person cared really galore group astir Trump sewage wounded during nan assassination attempt.

He started talking pinch 2 group online who offered to waste him nan drone and nan explosives. He sent 1 of them $8,700 successful bitcoin from his stepfather Mayer's relationship without realizing they were scamming him and location was ne'er a drone aliases immoderate explosives, Boese said.

“He walked correct into it,” she said.

Defense lawyer asks for mercy

Casap's attorney, Paul Rifelj, asked Ramirez to make Casap eligible for parole aft 20 years. He said that news of a expert who drove his car into a Christmas marketplace successful Magdeburg, Germany, successful December 2024 sent Casap into a rage. The teen decided past that he wanted to alteration nan world by sidesplitting a politician, Rifelj said.

The 2 contacts who promised to thief him termination Trump convinced him that he was portion of a larger subject strategy, offering him guidance and intent astatine a clip erstwhile he was becoming isolated astatine school, according to Rifelj.

“Children are much than their worst deeds,” he said.

Casap: 'I thought I was portion of a revolution'

Casap appeared to tremble arsenic he listened to some sides make their cases. He gave a tearful speech, saying that he loved his mother and he was worried astir her each nan time, moreover erstwhile she was reaching for thing connected a precocious shelf. He said he wasn't arsenic adjacent pinch Mayer, but Mayer still treated him for illustration a son.

But he became obsessed pinch hateful thoughts.

“I thought I was portion of a revolution,” he said. “I thought I was portion of a war. I told myself bad things had to happen.”