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Posted at 5:03 PM, March 5, 2026 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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WAUKESHA, Wis. (Court TV) \u2014 A judge showed no mercy for Nikita Casap<\/a> as he handed down a life sentence without the possibility of parole to a teenager who murdered his parents.<\/p>\n

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\"Nikita<\/p>\n

Nikita Casap sits with his attorney at his sentencing on March 5, 2026. (Court TV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Casap, 18, pleaded guilty<\/a> to two counts of intentional homicide for the gruesome murders of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and stepfather, Donald Mayer. While the charges carried a mandatory life sentence, the judge had the discretion of whether to allow for extended release after an initial sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I did was vile,\u201d Casap said in court on Thursday. \u201cWhat I did was thoughtless. What I did was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say Casap shot both victims to death in their Wisconsin home on Feb. 11, 2025, and then lived with the bodies for two weeks while he continued to work on a terrorist plot.<\/p>\n

Casap became obsessed with terrorism after six people were killed in a deadly attack at a Christmas market<\/a> in Germany on Dec. 20, 2025. \u201cThe truth is, I became obsessed with hateful thoughts and feelings,\u201d Casap said in court. \u201cI thought the world was a sick, evil place.\u201d Casap joined chatrooms where he began talking to people about a plot to attack the United States. \u201cI thought I was part of a revolution,\u201d he said. \u201cPart of a war. And I told myself that bad things had to happen in war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said it isn\u2019t clear where the plan to kill his parents came from, but after murdering his parents, Casap stole money from their bank accounts to buy supplies for his planned attack using Bitcoin. Casap sent more than $8,700 to buy a fake license plate, a drone and explosives to place on the drone. Casap\u2019s ultimate plan, prosecutors said, was to unleash the drone and the explosive to kill President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Referring to killing his parents as \u201cthe Tuesday thing,\u201d prosecutors said in an interview with federal agents, Casap said he was waiting for instructions on how to carry out the plan \u201cwhen he wound up doing \u2018the Tuesday thing.’\u201d But the plan was all a hoax, prosecutors say. After an extensive federal investigation, no other arrests were made. Investigators say the people Casap had been talking to never intended to supply him with anything and only saw him as an easy mark.<\/p>\n

Casap, who came to the United States with his mother from Moldova, was described by the prosecution as \u201ca kid who had it all,\u201d including a loving mother and stepfather who gave him a safe home and anything he needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that my mom and Donald were kind, loving people. They were people who took care of me, and they were people who took care of others,\u201d Casap said at his sentencing. \u201cThe person I chose to kill was the person who loved me no matter what. \u2026 I miss my mom. I would much rather be with her and my stepdad now in Heaven than being on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Casap\u2019s defense attorney urged the judge to see Casap as a vulnerable child with capacity for change who has already dedicated his life to Jesus Christ while behind bars, Judge Ralph Ramirez wasn\u2019t persuaded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI choose to find he\u2019s not eligible for release for extended supervision,\u201d Judge Ramirez ruled. \u201cI do not know, given what happened here, when or if or whether a profound or significant change can occur.\u201d The judge suggested that with good behavior, Casap would be able to move around within the framework of the prison system to gain privileges.<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n

Lauren Silver
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