WHITESTOWN, Ind. —

Prosecutors have filed a voluntary manslaughter charge against an Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner after she showed up at a house by mistake.

Officers found Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez dead on the front porch of a home in Whitestown, just north of Indianapolis, on Nov. 5.

Authorities said the 32-year-old Guatemalan immigrant was part of a cleaning crew that had gone to the wrong address.

According to a probable cause statement, Curt Andersen, 62, told investigators that he and his wife were asleep in an upstairs bedroom when he heard a “commotion at the door" that grew more intense.

He said he thought someone was using keys, tools, or an instrument on the front door.

Indiana is one of 31 states with a stand your ground law that allows

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