A court hearing on Friday, April 4, 2025, set Nikita Casap’s bail at $1 million after his initial criminal complaint was amended to include two accounts of first-degree intentional murder for the murder of Tatiana Casap and Donald Mayer, the defendant’s mother and stepfather. The Waukesha County Court Commissioner, Christopher Bailey, stated in the hearing that Casap was facing 10 felony charges of varying degrees and life imprisonment.
“I have two alleged first-degree intentional homicide charges,” Bailey stated for the Court. “The two highest felony counts that we have, quite frankly, in our country, are what have been alleged here.”
Bailey listed the other 10 felony charges, which included two counts of hiding corpses. One count of operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent. A count of intimidating a witness. One count of misappropriating ID information and one count of theft of movable property. All of which are varying felonious charges.
The court stated that Casap had alleged contacts in Russia. His phone records showed that he had been conversing with someone in Russian. These conversations detailed his plans to thwart Trump’s presidency and the United States Government. Casap had plans to flee to Ukraine after he committed the crimes. Due to this, the court considered Casap an extreme flight risk and set his bail at $1 million…