Wisconsin Man Who Killed His Parents to Fund Trump Assassination Attempt Gets Life in Prison

Nikita Casap appears at his arraignment in Waukesha County Circuit Court, in Waukesha, Wis., on May 7, 2025. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool

WAUKESHA, Wis.—A Wisconsin teenager who killed his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Donald Trump with a bomb dropped from a drone was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.

Nikita Casap, 18, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in Waukesha County Circuit Court in connection with the shooting deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, in 2025. Prosecutors dropped seven other charges in a plea deal, including two counts of hiding a corpse and theft..

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First-degree intentional homicide carries a mandatory life sentence. The only question as Judge Ralph Ramirez began the sentencing hearing Thursday afternoon was whether he would make Casap eligible for parole at some point.