Overview
- A Waukesha County judge sentenced 18-year-old Nikita Casap to life in prison without parole after his guilty plea to murdering his mother and stepfather.
- Prosecutors said the 2025 killings were carried out to advance a plot to assassinate President Donald Trump and destabilize the government.
- FBI records describe online radicalization, references to the Order of Nine Angles, Russian and Ukrainian contacts, and purchases of a drone and explosives.
- Investigators reported he lived with the bodies for about 12 days, stole roughly $14,000 and the family car, fled, and was arrested in Kansas.
- The district attorney said DOJ agreed not to use certain evidence in a potential federal case in exchange for truthful statements during an FBI interview.