Overview
- Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood charged Curt Andersen, 62, with one count of voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 5 killing of Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez.
- Investigators say Andersen fired a single round from inside through a closed front door without announcing himself, and found no evidence of forced entry.
- Eastwood emphasized the decision is an application of Indiana law, concluding the facts do not qualify for stand-your-ground or castle-doctrine immunity.
- Andersen is being held in the Boone County Jail without bond pending an initial court hearing expected Friday; a conviction carries a potential 10 to 30 years in prison.
- Defense attorney Guy Relford contends Andersen reasonably believed deadly force was necessary under the castle doctrine, while the victim’s family plans civil action alongside the criminal case.