Fox59.com | Monday, November 17, 2025 
Whitestown Indiana man charged after fatal shooting of cleaning crew member on front porch

WHITESTOWN, Ind. — A Whitestown man has been charged in relation to the fatal shooting of a member of a cleaning crew earlier this month on the front porch of a home. According to court documents, 62-year-old Curt Andersen has been charged by the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office with one count of voluntary manslaughter, a Level 2 felony, in relation to the shooting death of Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez. Officials are claiming that Anderson “did knowingly kill” the woman while “acting under sudden heat.” The woman was shot and killed on Nov. 5 outside a Whitestown home. According to previous reports, the woman was found on the porch. Officials said at the time that it appeared a shot had been fired from the inside of the home, and the woman never entered the home. Previous reports indicate that the call initially came in as a home invasion. However, an initial investigation uncovered that the home invasion element was “not the case.” Officials said that the woman reportedly arrived at the wrong home to clean. On Nov. 9, officials with the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office asked for patience as they reviewed the evidence in this case. The office said that they were sifting through “every piece of evidence” to…Read more