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groundloop

(13,440 posts) Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:17 PM 4 hrs ago

Indiana man charged in fatal shooting of cleaning woman who accidentally went to wrong home

Source: ABC News

An Indiana man has been charged with voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting a cleaning woman who mistakenly went to the wrong home, prosecutors announced Monday, nearly two weeks after the mother of four was killed.

The suspect, Curt Andersen, has been booked into the Boone County jail on a no bond hold and will appear in court sometime this week, prosecutors said.

The Boone County prosecutor, Kent Eastwood, said the decision to file the charge follows a "comprehensive examination," in which his office determined Andersen's actions did not fall under the legal protections provided by the Indiana Stand Your Ground law.

"It's our contention that the person did not have a reasonable belief that that type of force was necessary, given all the facts that he had at that time," Eastwood said during a press briefing on Monday.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-man-charged-fatal-shooting-cleaning-woman-wrong-home/story?id=127597932

The woman, Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez, was part of a home cleaning crew that mistakenly went to the wrong address.

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Indiana man charged in fatal shooting of cleaning woman who accidentally went to wrong home (Original Post) groundloop 4 hrs ago OP

I hope he rots away in a prison UpInArms 4 hrs ago #1

Is it unreasonable to simply assume that he is a frightened right-wing trumpsucking gun nut? mwb970 3 hrs ago #2

Horrific! Long prison time! electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #3

Solve your problems with a gun. Go to prison forever. Aristus 3 hrs ago #4

In the appropriately named Whitestown, IN. maxsolomon 2 hrs ago #5

Look, a brown person is on my property drmeow 2 hrs ago #6

Good! Kaleva 1 hr ago #7

This didn't help the shooter's case. Kaleva 1 hr ago #8

UpInArms

(53,736 posts)

1. I hope he rots away in a prison

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:19 PM

4 hrs ago

That woman did nothing to deserve being killed

mwb970

(12,017 posts)

2. Is it unreasonable to simply assume that he is a frightened right-wing trumpsucking gun nut?

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:15 PM

3 hrs ago

I mean, I guess he might be a college professor or a microbiologist, but for some reason I doubt it.

electric_blue68

(24,952 posts)

3. Horrific! Long prison time!

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:23 PM

3 hrs ago

That poor person 's family, friends, colleges! 😢

Aristus

(71,311 posts)

4. Solve your problems with a gun. Go to prison forever.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:28 PM

3 hrs ago

Sounds good to me.

If you're going to throw the book at him, make sure it's a very heavy one, with sharp edges.

maxsolomon

(37,841 posts)

5. In the appropriately named Whitestown, IN.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:59 PM

2 hrs ago

Her husband told police he and his wife had been given a set of keys by their employer in advance and they believed they were at a model home they were assigned to clean based on the GPS directions, according to the affidavit. He said from the time they arrived at the home until he called 911 was approximately 2 minutes, and they were trying to gain access using the keys they were given for about 30 seconds to 1 minute, according to the affidavit.

drmeow

(5,839 posts)

6. Look, a brown person is on my property

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:19 PM

2 hrs ago

I can call it standing my ground, can't I (wink, wink)? I'm a white male, they'll take my word for it, right (nudge, nudge)?

Kaleva

(40,077 posts)

7. Good!

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:01 PM

1 hr ago

Kaleva

(40,077 posts)

8. This didn't help the shooter's case.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:09 PM

1 hr ago

“Wife says Andersen told a neighbor he would shoot any intruder
Andersen’s wife, Yoshie Andersen, told investigators that her husband told her that he told a neighbor if anyone tried to break into his house he would shoot them. The probable cause statement does not say when this conversation happened.

She added that her husband fired the shot from the top of the stairs and neither of them went downstairs. He fired the shot and then told her to call 911, she said.“
https://www.wrdw.com/2025/11/17/homeowner-charged-fatal-shooting-house-cleaner-who-showed-up-wrong-door/?outputType=amp

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