Overview

• Police discovered the bodies of Tatiana Casap and Donald Mayer in their Waukesha, Wisconsin home during a welfare check on February 28, after Mayer's mother raised concerns.
• Both victims were found with gunshot wounds, and decomposition indicated they had been dead for several days before being found.
• Nikita Casap, the 17-year-old son of Tatiana Casap, was apprehended in WaKeeney, Kansas, during a traffic stop on February 28, driving his stepfather's Volkswagen Atlas with a firearm and the family dog inside.
• Authorities have charged Casap with theft of the vehicle and a firearm but have not yet charged him in connection with the homicides, which remain under investigation.
• Cell phone records and surveillance footage suggest Casap traveled through multiple states after leaving Wisconsin on February 24, stopping briefly at a truck stop in Iowa.