Omaha man in jail accused of killing his mother

Just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Douglas County deputies came to 89th and Wyoming.

  • Deputies found two people, 33-year-old Nicholas Saitta and his 65-year-old mother, Dianne Misiunas.
  • Records show Saitta confessed on the spot to stabbing his mother.
  • Misiunas died at the hospital.
  • Saitta is charged with first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony.
  • KMTV discovered Friday that Saitta has a history of mental illness.

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:Court documents say a man called 911 stating he needed medical assistance and that he and his mother were bleeding.

Deputies found Nicholas Saitta near a car across the street, covered in blood and with a cut on his neck. Saitta told them his mother was cut and bleeding in the basement.

Deputies found his 65-year-old mother, Dianne Saitta-Misiunas, covered in blood with no clothes on the lower half of her body and a large cut at the base of her neck…

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