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Miami Herald
04-05-2025
- Miami Herald
14-year-old killed in Wisconsin shooting, police say. ‘He loved his family'
Police in Wisconsin are investigating after they say a shooting left a 14-year-old dead and a 16-year-old in critical condition, news outlets report. Around 3:30 p.m. May 2, a 14-year-old and 16-year-old were taken to a hospital after police said they were injured in a shooting in Milwaukee/, according to WDJT. The 14-year-old, who family later identified as Maurice Whiters, died at the hospital, according to WISN. Maurice was a freshman in high school, the news outlet reported. 'He wanted to get drafted to the NFL and then cut hair. His oldest sister is in college and she gave him clippers so he could practice cutting hair,' his mom, Quintrell Smith, told WTMJ. Maurice was a 'kid that loved life, loved football, loved basketball and he loved everybody,' a GoFundMe page said. A vigil was held in memory of Maurice, and family members said he was their protector, WTMJ reported. 'I'm going to miss his unconditional love,' Smith told the outlet. 'He was very smart, very intelligent. He loved sports. He loved his family.' The 16-year-old was last listed in critical condition, WDJT reported. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (414) 935-7360, Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or via the P3 Tips online service, the outlet reported.
NBC News
31-03-2025
- NBC News
Wisconsin teen killed mother and stepfather and lived with corpses for weeks, prosecutors say
A Wisconsin teenager has been charged with murdering his mother and stepfather, accused of living with their corpses for two weeks, and taking video with at least one of their bodies, prosecutors said. Nikita Casap, 17, appeared in court in Waukesha on Thursday, where he faces a slew of charges including first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, 51. The bodies of Tatiana Casap and Mayer were found on Feb. 28 after Mayer's mother called the sheriff's office and asked for a welfare check on the family. They were found in a state of decay bearing gunshot wounds. The criminal complaint said that Casap hadn't been present at school for two weeks and no excused absences were provided. Nikita Casap was arrested on Feb. 28 after running a stop sign in WaKeeney, Kansas — more than 800 miles away from his Wisconsin home. He was found driving his stepfather's Volkswagen Atlas. His stepfather's Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum gun, the victims' drivers licenses, and spent shell casings were all found in the car, according to the complaint. The teen was initially charged on March 3 with operating a motor vehicle without owner's consent and theft of movable property, in connection to taking the car and gun. On Thursday, he was charged with two counts of first degree intentional homicide, two counts of hiding a corpse, theft of property over $10,000 and two counts of misappropriating ID to obtain money, the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department and Waukesha County District Attorney's Office announced. The teen appeared in court Thursday where prosecutors laid out new grim details in the case. The mother was found in a hallway covered with blankets and a towel, and Mayer was found in a first-floor office, covered by a pile of clothing. Waukesha County District Attorney Lesli Boese said Casap shot his mother at least three times on Feb. 11, twice in the stomach and once in the neck, NBC affiliate WTMJ of Milwaukee reported. Prosecutors said earlier this month that Casap killed Mayer by shooting him in the back of the head. Casap then allegedly went to school the next day and continued to live at home for nearly two weeks until Feb. 23. Police also found a camera memory card containing video of Casap lighting candles in the office where his step father's body was and recorded the corpse about a week after he was killed. Boese said Casap fled the home with $14,000 in cash and was communicating with someone to get fake plates put on his stepfather's car to hide the fact that he was stealing it. Location records from his phone showed he left the Waukesha area in his stepfather's car on Feb. 24 around 10 a.m. and passed through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado, according the criminal complaint. 'It appears this individual was trying to flee the jurisdiction — not only this state ,but this country,' Christopher Bailey, Waukesha County court commissioner, said, according to WTMJ. 'A lot of these issues make the court believe that this individual had no intention to be here where he is today.'
NBC News
05-03-2025
- NBC News
Wisconsin teen is person of interest in mom, stepdad's death; found 800 miles away with gun
A Wisconsin teenager was arrested in Iowa more than 800 miles away from the home where his mother and stepfather were both found slain, authorities said Tuesday. The juvenile was stopped for running a stop sign near 745 S. 1st St. in Wakeeney, Iowa, at 11:25 p.m. CST on Friday, WaKeeney Police Chief Michael Romero said in a statement. "The subject was taken into custody with no further incident. The subject was identified and found out to be a juvenile wanted out of Wisconsin," Romero added. "The subject is a person of interest in a double homicide that this Wisconsin sheriffs office is still investigating." Romero declined to name the young motorist, but Waukesha County prosecutors identified the teen as a 17-year-old student from Waukesha West High School. The boy's mother and her husband were found fatally shot at their Waukesha home on Friday afternoon when local authorities conducted a welfare check. The woman's face "was blackened from decomposition with dried blood on the floor around her," according to the criminal complaint filed against the teenager. The woman's husband was also found at the home "covered by a pile of clothing" with "an obvious wound to the back of" his head, the complaint said. The teen has been charged with allegedly swiping his stepfather's Volkswagen Atlas and a firearm. Relatives of the victims have identified them as 51-year-old Donald Mayer and his wife, Tatiana Casap, NBC Milwaukee affiliate WTMJ reported. The affiliate also reported that the teenager is Casap's son. A neighbor of the family saw the 17-year-old suspect driving the Volkswagen on Feb. 23, the complaint said. Cell phone pings showed that the teenager left Waukesha at about 10 a.m. on Feb. 24 and "took a general route through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado," according to prosecutors. He visited The World's Largest Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa, from 2:25 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. the day he left Waukesha, prosecutors said the cell phone records showed. Nearby surveillance cameras showed the young suspect, accompanied by the family's small black dog, driving the VW Atlas, court document said. Records found at the victims' home showed that Mayer owned a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum, though police didn't find that weapon at the house. That gun, the victims' driver's licenses and spent shell casings were all found in the Atlas, prosecutors said.
