Indiana Crime and Courts

Whitestown homeowner Curt Andersen has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after prosecutors say he fired one shot through his closed front door, killing María Florinda Ríos Pérez, 32, a Guatemalan mother of four who was part of a house‑cleaning crew that went to the wrong address and tried a company key. Andersen is being held in the Boone County Jail (bail set at $25,000 and his passport surrendered) pending an initial appearance and a March 30 trial date; his attorney says the shooting was justified under Indiana’s stand‑your‑ground law, while prosecutors contend those protections do not apply and the charge carries a potential 10–30 year sentence.