Indiana man accused of killing house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at front door charged with manslaughter

An Indiana antheral has been charged with manslaughter successful transportation with the fatal shooting of a location cleaner who mistakenly arrived astatine his beforehand door.

Curt Andersen, 62, changeable 32-year-old Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez done the beforehand doorway of his location successful Whitestown, an Indianapolis suburb, conscionable earlier 7 a.m. connected Nov. 5, according to a probable origin affidavit.

Officers recovered Velasquez, a Guatemalan immigrant, dormant connected the porch. Authorities said she was portion of a cleaning unit that had gone to the incorrect address.

Andersen told investigators helium and his woman were dormant erstwhile helium heard a "commotion" astatine the doorway that grew louder. Believing idiosyncratic was trying to interruption in, helium looked retired a model and saw 2 radical astatine the door.

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Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez, 32, was changeable and killed aft arriving to cleanable the incorrect location successful Whitestown, Indiana, connected Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (The Associated Press)

He loaded his handgun, returned to the model and saw them "thrusting" astatine the door. Without announcing himself, helium fired a azygous shot. He said the doorway was ne'er opened.

The location of Curt Andersen, 62, the Indiana homeowner charged with voluntary manslaughter successful the sidesplitting of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez, is shown successful Whitestown, Indiana, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

When told helium had killed someone, Andersen enactment his caput down and said helium didn't mean for thing to hap to anybody, the affidavit states.

Andersen's wife, Yoshie Andersen, told investigators that her hubby fired the changeable from the apical of the stairs and neither of them went downstairs. He fired the changeable and past told her to telephone 911, she said.

Investigators are seen astatine the location of Curt Andersen pursuing the shooting connected Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (WRTV)

Investigators recovered a slug spread successful the doorway but nary signs of forced introduction connected the door, latch oregon frame.

Velasquez's husband, Mauricio, told constabulary they had been trying to unfastened the doorway with keys from their cleaning institution for 30 seconds to a minute. They didn't sound oregon unit introduction and heard nary voices from inside.

Velasquez's hubby Mauricio told media outlets that helium didn't recognize she had been changeable until she fell backmost into his arms, bleeding connected the porch. (WRTV)

He told media outlets that helium didn’t recognize she had been changeable until she fell backmost into his arms, bleeding connected the porch. On a fundraising page, her member described Rios arsenic a parent of 4 children.

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Andersen could look 10 to 30 years successful situation if convicted. He remains successful the Boone County Jail pending an archetypal tribunal appearance.

Andersen's lawyer Guy Relford said connected X helium was disappointed by the charges, arguing his lawsuit believed his actions were justified and protected nether the state's stand-your-ground law.

"Mr. Andersen's actions indispensable beryllium evaluated based connected the circumstances arsenic helium perceived them," Relford said successful the statement.

Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood announces that voluntary manslaughter charges person been filed against an Indiana homeowner successful the sidesplitting of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez successful Lebanon, Indiana, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood said the lawsuit doesn't suffice nether Indiana's stand-your-ground instrumentality due to the fact that Andersen lacked capable accusation to reasonably judge deadly unit was necessary.

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Eastwood said the determination to record charges was not hard and that the authorities volition reason Andersen could not person reasonably believed helium was nether threat.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.