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Waukesha death examination; Teenager accused of stolen weapon, SUV

Law enforcement scene near Cider Hills and Heather, Waukesha (March 1, 2025)

The public prosecutors of the Waukesha district accused a teenager of stoling a car and a weapon out of the house in which his mother and stepfather were found dead on February 28th.

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The background story:

The Sheriff department of Waukesha County said a call that requested a family's social examination on February 28 at around 9:45 a.m. The deputies reacted to the family of the family on the Cider Hills Drive, part of a subdivision south of the Gesene road in the village of Waukesha and found a local dead. The next day, the Sheriff department confirmed that a second person was found dead in the house.

Court files state that a woman was found in a hallway with towels over her legs and a ceiling over her body. Her body showed signs of decomposition and she had a possible starting wound in her back, and a possible bullet hole was in a wall nearby on which her body was found. A second person, a man with a gray beard, was found dead in an office that was covered with a bunch of clothing. He had “an obvious wound” on the back of the head.

The 51-year-old family Donald Mayer identified him and his wife Tatiana Mayer on Saturday when male and woman found dead in the house. Waukesha County's medical examiner still has to identify the deceased.

Family photo: Nikita Casap, Tatiana Mayer, Donald Mayer

The prosecutors said 17-year-old Nikita Casap was not at home and the family's dog was missing. A search for the house resulted in paperwork in which Donald Mayer bought a pistol, but the weapon was not found during the search.

When the death examination was in progress, the police in Wakeeney Kansas stopped a vehicle that led a stop sign. The vehicle came stolen from Wisconsin, and the young driver was custody after objects were found “agreement with information” in connection with an examination of Wisconsin in the vehicle.

A criminal complaint states that Casap was the driver and the family dog ​​was in the vehicle. A weapon was seen on the passenger side “in a simple view”. The driver's driver's licenses were in the vehicle as well as unused ammunition and shell covers.

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With regard to the welfare examination, the complaint stated that Casap was previously present at school perfect participation, but had not been present for two weeks, and the school was not made available to the school.

Court files said that a family member received “suspicious or strange text messages” by Donald Mayer's phone on February 23 and since then has not heard of any family members. A MP also contacted Donald Mayer's workplace according to the complaint, in which a manager said he was in text messages from February 13 to February 25th because Mayer said: “He was sick and could not make calls.”

Shipping contacted all local hospitals in accordance with the complaint, and none of the three inhabitants were found. The investigators also learned that there was a vacation in mail for the address in which the deceased were later found. A neighbor informed the investigators that on February 23, Donald Mayer's Volkswagen Atlas came by shortly after noon – and Casap was the driver.

Law enforcement scene near Cider Hills and Heather, Waukesha

The MPs learned that Casap had not issued a driver's license. Advanced location labels showed that a “device” associated with Casap left at around 10 a.m. on February 24th. A route through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado – ended on the recordings.

On the route, the court files found that the device stopped at “The largest truck stop in the world in Walcott, Iowa. Monitoring video from this place and this time showed Mayers Volkswagen Atlas. Based on a school photo, Casap seemed to be the only person in the vehicle.

What we don't know:

At this point, the Waukesha County's medical examiner did not publish an autopsy information – including the cause and type of death – for the two people who were found dead in the village of Waukesha. Therefore, no charges were submitted in connection with their death.

The source: The information in this report comes from the district prosecutor's office of Waukesha and the Wisconsin Circuit Court.

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