US EditionIndiana Man Charged After Fatally Shooting House Cleaner Who Came to Wrong Home
Curt Andersen faces voluntary manslaughter charges after fatally shooting a housecleaner who mistakenly went to the wrong home, with the case focusing on Indiana's stand-your-ground law.
- On Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, Boone County prosecutor Kent Eastwood announced Curt Andersen, 62-year-old homeowner, was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 5 shooting of María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, 32-year-old housecleaner in Whitestown, Indiana.
- GPS directions routed the cleaning crew to the wrong house, and members, including María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez and Mauricio Pérez-Velásquez, tried employer-provided keys around 6:50 a.m.
- From the top of his stairwell he fired one round through the closed front door, and investigators found a bullet hole but no sign of forced entry; Ríos Pérez was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene.
- Andersen is being held in the Boone County Jail without bond, faces 10 to 30 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted, and an initial hearing is expected by Friday.
- Seen nationally, the killing has raised questions about how stand-your-ground rules apply when people approach the wrong home, and the case centers on Indiana's 'Stand Your Ground' law, which the defense invokes and prosecutors contest.
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Man Charged with Manslaughter in Shooting of House Cleaner
Source: Boone County Jail / Boone County Jail A 62-year-old Whitestown man, Curt Andersen, is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday after being charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cleaning woman earlier this month. Andersen was booked into the Boone County Jail on Thursday, nearly two weeks after the Nov. 5 death of 32-year-old Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez, a mother of four from Guatemala. Prose…
Indiana Man Who Shot Housekeeper Charged With Manslaughter
Source: N/A / Charlotte Metropolitan Police Department The heartbreaking killing of a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at the wrong address in Whitestown, Indiana, has now resulted in a criminal charge that prosecutors say is not only appropriate, but necessary. According to reports, on Monday, 62-year-old homeowner Curt Andersen was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, a mother of four…
Indiana Homeowner Charged After Allegedly Killing Cleaning Lady
Curt Andersen has been charged after Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez was killed when she was hit with a single gunshot to her head. Andersen allegedly shot Perez de Velasquez after she mistakenly tried to enter the wrong home to do a house cleaning. (11/19/25)
Whitestown man charged in shooting death of house cleaner due in court Friday
Initial hearing set for Friday in Whitestown shooting case WHITESTOWN, Ind. (WISH) — The man charged with killing a cleaning woman in Whitestown is scheduled to be in court for the first time on Friday. Online records show that 62-year-old Curt Andersen was booked into the Boone County Jail yesterday. Prosecutors say he shot Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez when she and other members of a cleaning crew showed up to the wrong house to clea…
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