A Wisconsin teenager killed his parents to obtain money to assassinate President Trump, it’s alleged.
Nikita Casap, aged 17, was arrested in March and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of hiding a corpse. He has also been charged with theft of property worth over $10,000 and misappropriate ID to obtain money.
Investigators are also pushing for him to face federal charges of conspiracy, presidential assassination and the use of weapons of mass destruction.
His stepfather and mother, Donald Mayer and Tatiana Casap, were both found dead in their home by the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department on 1 March.
When a search of the property was conducted, police officers say they discovered material on Nikita’s phone related to “the Order of Nine Angles,” “a network of individuals holding new-Nazi racially motivated extremist views.”
The FBI has reviewed a document believed to be a manifesto, in which the teenager calls for the assassination of President Trump to “save the white race.”
“He was in touch with other parties about his plan to kill the President and overthrow the government of the Unites States. And he paid for, at least in part, a drone and explosives to be used as a weapon of mass destruction to commit an attack,” investigators said in the federal affidavit.
“Other parties, with whom Casap was in contact, appear to have been aware of his plan and action and to have provided assistance to Casap in carrying them out,” according to the affidavit.
Casap has yet to enter a plea. His next court appearance is on 7 May.
