The 62-year-old man who shot and killed a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at his Whitestown home has been charged with voluntary manslaughter.

Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood has charged Curt Andersen with a Level 2 felony in the Nov. 5 shooting death of Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velázquez , a 32-year-old wife and mother of four, after she showed up for a housekeeping job.

The charge, announced Nov. 17, is a step below murder and means investigators believe Andersen "knowingly or intentionally" killed Ríos Pérez "while acting under sudden heat," according to Indiana law .

Officials said they believe in and strive to uphold Indiana's "Stand Your Ground" law that protects a person's right to self-defense. But in this case they "determined that Curt Andersen’s action

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