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Voluntary Manslaughter Curt Andersen of Whitestown, Indiana has been charged with voluntary manslaughter for the death of Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez A probable cause affidavit states...
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Voluntary Manslaughter
Curt Andersen of Whitestown, Indiana has been charged with voluntary manslaughter for the death of Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez
A probable cause affidavit states that Maria and her husband were hired by Ryan Homes to clean a model home further down in the neighborhood.
Andersen said he did not announce anything before shooting through the door from the top of the stairwell. He said he could see and hear people outside of his door. He described the crew as aggressively trying to get inside.
He called 911 after the shooting.
INTERVIEW notes below from the PC:
Curt stated he and his wife Yoshie have lived in this home, 4283 Maize
Lane, together for 4 years.
• Curt stated he and Yoshie sleep on a futon in the loft area on the 2nd floor
of the residence. The loft area has a window on the east wall of the room.
Curt said he sleeps on the side closest to the stairwell which leads directly
down to the first floor and the front door and Yoshie sleeps on the other
side of the futon.
• Curt said he and Yoshie are night owls and normally go to bed at 2am or
3am most nights. Curt said they went to bed on the morning of this
incident, November 5, 2025, at approximately 2:00-3:00am or so.
• Curt stated that he woke up because he had heard something but wasn’t
sure, since he was still waking up what exactly he was hearing. Curt said
he was thinking to himself, “I have only been to sleep like 3-3 ½ hours.”
• Curt said he then stood up and heard a commotion at the door. Curt said at
first it was subtle, but the commotion intensified and he heard what
appeared to be some type of keys, tools, or instrument being used on the
front door of the residence.
• Curt then said he reached over to grab his glasses which were hanging on
the charging cord plugged into the wall to the rear of the futon.
• Curt said that this commotion scared him because he realized this
commotion was not his imagination and that someone was trying to get
into the front door.
• Curt said he then went toward the top of the stairwell where he was at the
landing of the stairwell looking down toward the front door. (The
stairwell of 4283 Maize Lane goes straight down to the front door, and the
front door can be seen from the top of the stairwell as well as to the side
where a landing is located) Curt said he could see two individuals outside
the front door through the top and side windows at the front door. Curt
said when he saw these individuals, he said, “oh no, this is happening and
they are going to get in.”
• Curt said to himself, “what am I going to do? It’s not going away and I
have to do something now.” Curt mentioned previously to reporting
Detective that he had thought out about how to plan for someone breaking
into his home and where to keep him and his wife safe. Curt said that he
had watched videos before and that at this moment he didn’t want any part
of this or to hurt anyone.
• Curt stated he then went to what he called his “safe room” which was also
his music room. (room directly to the rear of the futon, which would have
been the southeast corner room of the second floor of the residence).
• Curt stated he then went straight to the top of his music stand in the corner
of the room and grabbed his keys to his Pelican case which contained his
Glock 48 9mm handgun. Curt said he had purchased this handgun in
September of this year when he traded in his Sig handgun he had since
2023. Curt said the Sig handgun was the first gun he had owned and that
he bought it for protection of his home but never carried it outside his
home. When asked during the interview, Curt said he has never shot either
of these handguns when he owned them, not even at a range. Curt said the
only time he shot a gun before was when he worked for the Navy. Curt
said that he was a Psychiatric RN in the Navy and worked for the Navy
20+ years.
• Curt continued and stated he went to his Pelican case containing the Glock
48 handgun (located on the floor right to the left of the door in the
“safe/music room.”
• As Curt was opening the case (which had two small padlocks on it) he said
he was hearing the commotion at the front door of the residence get more
and more aggressive. Curt stated that hearing this terrified him that they
were going to beat him before he returned, gain entry to his home, and that
his wife was still out in the loft.
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• Curt explained that he had to put the gun together by loading the magazine
as the gun is stored unloaded. Curt said he loaded the magazine into the
handgun and racked the slide, but it slipped and had to re-rack the slide to
chamber a round.
• After Curt loaded the weapon, he said he proceeded out of the safe room
toward the top of the stairwell. Curt stated as he was moving toward the
top of the stairwell, he told his wife Yoshie (who was still in the loft area)
to get in the safe room. Curt said as he approached the top of the stairwell,
he could hear and see that the individuals outside were still trying to get
into his home. Curt said he was positioned slightly off to the side of the
stairwell at the top and could see two individuals from the same windows
of the front door. Curt described the individuals were “thrusting” at the
front door to get in with what he described as getting more and more
aggressive.
• Curt referred to the moment the shot was fired as “the incident” and not as
firing a shot. (Yoshie states in her interview with Det. Thomas and Det.
McClosky that at this moment Curt fired a shot toward the front door of
the residence). Curt confirmed that the front door did not open prior to
“the incident” occurring.
• Reporting Detective asked Curt how long it was after he retrieved his gun
and was at the top of the stairs until the time he fired the round and he said
it was about 10-15 seconds.
• When asked, Curt said he didn’t announce himself or say anything to the
two individuals prior to firing the round.
• Lt. Minton stated to Curt, “I’m assuming you fired one round toward the
door?” To which Curt nodded his head yes.
• When asked after he fired the round, did he hear anything or did the
commotion stop, Curt responded that he heard a man crying out and
weeping. Curt said that he didn’t know what he was hearing and if maybe
he just scared them or something.
• Curt stated after “the incident” happened (Curt’s verbiage of the shot
occurring) he told Yoshie to call 911. Curt said he stayed at the top of the
stairs and Yoshie grabbed her phone, which was in the front southwest
corner room of the 2nd floor and dialed 911. Curt said that Yoshie came
toward him and heard the dispatcher asking for the address and Yoshie
handed him the phone. Curt told the dispatcher his address and said
“please come, please come, please come, they are trying to get in.” Curt
said he was holding the firearm in his right hand and the phone in his left
hand. He said he did not know what to do with the gun.
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• Curt was asked about how long it was from the time he was awakened by
the sound at the door until the shot was fired, and he replied that it was
quick but wasn’t sure exactly how long.
• During the interview, Curt drew the layout of the stairwell, front door, the
loft and the rooms on the second floor.
• While on the phone with the 911 dispatcher, Curt stated that the dispatcher
told him that the police had arrived. Curt advised reporting Detective that
while she told him that, he told the dispatcher he still couldn’t see the
police at this time and said he was still scared of the individuals on the
porch.
• While on the phone with 911, Curt said the dispatcher told him that he
needed to put the gun down, so Curt put it back on the “spongy stuff” on
the pelican gun case.
• Curt said he wouldn’t come downstairs because he still saw the
individuals outside and was still afraid that they might come in. Curt said
he saw a male on the phone and didn’t know who he might be calling (this
would have been when Mauricio, husband of victim, was calling 911).
• Curt said that the dispatcher told him there were multiple officers on scene
and after some time, Curt said he went to the southwest corner room on
the second floor and peeked out the window. This is when he said he saw
an officer outside the front with his gun drawn. He looked further out and
saw all the police presence.
• Curt said the dispatcher said he and his wife needed to come down the
stairs with your hands up. Curt told the dispatcher that he was still scared
of the individuals on the porch and that he wanted them off the porch to
feel safe to come down.
• After some time, Curt said he and his wife started to come down the stairs
per the instructions from the dispatcher. Curt said he and his wife
proceeded down the stairs with their hands up.
• As they got to the bottom of the stairs, Curt said he saw an officer running
across the street in the direction of the back of the house and a large police
presence, so he felt more comfortable and knew they were going to be ok.
• Curt said he told the dispatcher they were coming to the back of the house
now. Curt put the phone down on the kitchen table.
• Curt said they exited the house through the back sliding door per
instructions and were called back to the street where he and Yoshie were
detained by law enforcement officers.
• Curt told detectives that from the time he awoke to the noise to the “the
incident” occurring was over a minute.
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• After gathering the facts from Curt, he was told of the outcome of his fired
round and that the person that was shot was a female and part of a
cleaning crew with her husband who had mistakenly went to the wrong
address.
• Curt became upset and immediately put his head down on the table.
• After some time, Curt said he didn’t mean for anything to happen to
anybody.
• Reporting Detective asked Curt if he gave consent to search his phone.
Reporting Detective read Curt his Pirtle Warning from a Consent to Search
Form and he consented to the search of his phone. Curt signed the form.
Curt’s iPhone 16 was forensically extracted by the WMPD Cyber Lab.
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