UPDATE at 1:45 p.m. on March 27: Cash bail is now set at $1 million for Nikita Casap because the court found him to be a flight risk.
Assistant District Attorney for Waukesha County Brooke Schultz made the argument that “the State does believe [Casap] is an extreme flight risk here. He was found in Kansas with Victim A and Victim B’s property. He’s been speaking with someone in Russian about moving to Ukraine after committing these crimes, so the State is concerned that he’s a flight risk if he is ever released.”
Casap must also have no contact with any remaining family members or “Witness A” who the State says he “threatened to kill Witness A if she told anyone what he was telling her after he had given her information that he was speaking with someone from Russia.”
He had previously surrendered his passport, and must comply with GPS monitoring.
Casap has his preliminary hearing scheduled for April 9.
WAUKESHA, Wis. — A Waukesha teen now faces murder charges in the death of his parents. 17-year-old Nikita Casap now faces nine felony counts, including 1st degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse, theft of moveable property, taking a vehicle without consent, and misappropriate ID information to obtain money.
The teen’s mother Tatiana Casap and stepfather Donald Mayer were found dead on February 28 morning at their home on Cider Hills Dr. in the Village of Waukesha after a welfare check. At that time, Casap was missing.
He was later that day found in WaKeeney, Kansas after he failed to stop at traffic sign. Police in Kansas found a firearm, spent shell casings, ammunition and driver’s licenses belonging to Casap’s mother and stepfather in the car, according to a criminal complaint. The missing family dog was also in the car.
Casap was initially charged with felony counts of operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent and theft of movable property.
He makes his initial appearance in court on March 27.
