The Brief
- Jury selection for the man accused of killing and dismembering his mother is set to begin Friday.
- Court documents show that 58-year-old Troy Mitteness admitted to fatally stabbing his mother and scattering her body parts in southern Minnesota.
- The Dakota County Attorney said the case is one of the most “horrific and disturbing” she has seen in her career.
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) – The trial of a man accused of killing and dismembering his mother is set to begin Friday with jury selection in Dakota County Court.
Troy Michael Mitteness, 58, of Burnsville, was indicted by a grand jury on one count of premeditated first-degree murder and one count of intentional second-degree murder in the death of his mother, 82-year-old Sandra Viola Mitteness. Police say he admitted to killing his mother and dismembering her body.
Dakota County dismemberment trial
The backstory:
The investigation began in June 2023 when police suspected Troy Mitteness of mail theft, theft, and check forgery in a fraud case. This led police to begin investigating the death of his mother after finding funds had been deposited into her account.…