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Whitestown Homeowner Charged in Cleaner’s Death Freed on $25,000 Bond as March Trial Set

Prosecutors say firing through a closed door without warning falls outside Indiana’s self-defense protections.

Attorney Guy Relford, right, who is representing Whitestown homeowner Curt Andersen, arrives at the Boone County Courthouse for a hearing on his clients voluntary manslaughter charge in the killing of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez in Lebanon, Ind., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Following Relford is Curt Andirons wife Andersen's wife Yoshie Andersen. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Curt Andersen, left, arrives at the Boone County Courthouse for a hearing on a voluntary manslaughter charge in the killing of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez in Lebanon, Ind., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Curt Andersen leaves the Boone County Courthouse after appearing for a hearing on a voluntary manslaughter charge in the killing of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez in Lebanon, Ind., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Curt Andersen leaves the Boone County Courthouse after appearing for a hearing on a voluntary manslaughter charge in the killing of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez in Lebanon, Ind., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Overview

  • Judge Matthew Kincaid granted Curt Andersen release on a $25,000 bond with GPS monitoring and ordered him to surrender all firearms and his passport.
  • A jury trial is scheduled to begin March 30 following Andersen’s initial appearance in Boone County Superior Court.
  • Court records say Andersen fired a single round from a stairwell through his locked front door without announcing himself as two cleaners tried a key at the address.
  • Investigators reported no evidence of forced entry or damage to the door and recovered a spent casing on the home’s staircase.
  • The victim, 32-year-old Guatemalan immigrant Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez, is being returned to Guatemala for burial as her family pursues civil remedies.