Jury returns guilty verdict for Burnsville man who killed his mother, disposed of her body on road

MN man guilty of dismembering mom, tossing remains as he drove

Troy Mitteness of Burnsville, MN, told police he killed his mother because he had spent all her money and she was pressing him about her finances, the charges read.

Jury returns guilty verdict for Burnsville man who killed his mother, disposed of her body on road

A Dakota County jury found Troy Michael Mitteness guilty on one count each of premeditated first-degree murder and intentional second-degree murder, according to court documents.

Burnsville man convicted of killing, dismembering mother

A jury on Wednesday convicted a Burnsville man of first- and second-degree murder for slicing his 82-year-old mother’s throat in their home and then dismembering her body and dumping her remains as he drove west of the Twin Cities. Troy Michael Mittenness, 58, admitted to police that he had killed his mother, Sandra Viola Mitteness, with a kitchen knife as she slept on June 2, 2022, because he had spent all of her $200,000 and she was becoming s…