Before a housecleaner was mistaken for an intruder and fatally shot by an Indiana homeowner, police had previously visited that residence twice for “reports of suspicious activity” that turned out to be false, authorities said Wednesday.

Curt Andersen, 62, was arrested on Monday and booked on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter in connection to the Nov. 5 slaying of Maria Florinda Rios Perez, 32 , a Guatemalan immigrant fatally shot outside the defendant’s front door.

Andersen and his wife Yoshie had lived in Whitestown, about 20 miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis, for about four years, officials said.

Local officers had “responded to two calls for service at this residence — one in 2023 and one in 2024” with both “related to reports of suspicious activity,” Whitestown police

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