WaKeeney, a city of about 1,800 people in northwest Kansas, was the site of the Feb. 28 capture of a Wisconsin teenager who had killed his parents and plotted to kill President Donald Trump. Details of the crimes allegedly committed by Nikita Casap, 17, were revealed in an FBI affidavit unsealed April 11. Casap killed his mother, 35-year-old Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, 51-year-old Donald Mayer, at their home in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to "obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" to assassinate Trump, the affidavit said.
Nikita Casap was arrested after running a stop sign in WaKeeney
The bodies of Mayer and Tatiana Casap were found Feb. 28 at their home, and Mayer's Volkswagen Atlas car was listed as stolen immediately afterward. Nikita Casap was arrested later that day after running a stop sign while driving Mayer's car in WaKeeney, the affidavit said. Mayer's handgun, his driver's license, ammunition and $14,000 cash were found in the car, it said.
Seized document discussed assassination, bomb-making
Authorities think Nikita Casap fatally shot his mother and stepfather more than two weeks before their bodies were found. He faces charges that include two counts each of first-degree murder and hiding a corpse. The FBI affidavit says probable cause also exists to believe that crimes committed include a presidential assassination attempt, conspiracy and use of weapons of mass destruction. The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office obtained a search warrant for Casap's phone and found information related to "The Order of Nine Angels," an extremist neo-Nazi group, the affidavit said. The document accused Jewish people of promoting white genocide and degeneracy. "Jewish occupied governments must fall," it said, adding that the white race "cannot survive unless America collapses." The document also contained images of Adolf Hitler accompanied by the text, "Hail Hitler Hail the white race hail victory." The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office also found text messages in Russian and a three-page document discussing assassination, bomb-making and terrorist attacks, the affidavit said. Casap had told a classmate he planned to kill his parents, according to the affidavit. Casap also told the classmate he was in contact with someone in Russia who was part of a plot to kill Trump and overthrow the U.S. government. A three-page document the affidavit says was found on Casap's phone, apparently written by Casap, said killing Trump would bring chaos to the nation. The affidavit says Casap "paid for, at least in part, a drone and explosives to be used as a weapon of mass destruction to commit an attack. The killing of his parents appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to carry out his plan.”
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