However, when police contacted that funeral home, the employees denied ever providing services for her.Ī criminal complaint states police talked to other family members and friends of Sandra Mitteness, all of whom said they thought she’d died because that’s what Troy Mitteness had told them. Police executed a search warrant at Troy Mitteness’ home and found an obituary that said Sandra Mitteness had died on June 14, 2022. When police contacted Troy Mitteness and asked his mother’s whereabouts so they could talk to her about the money, he said she was in South Dakota, then said she died last year. During the course of that investigation, some of the proceeds from the alleged mail theft were deposited into Sandra Mitteness’ account. Troy Michael Mitteness, 56, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 82-year-old mother, Sandra Mitteness.Ĭourt documents note Troy Mitteness first came under investigation for mail theft. A Burnsville man is now charged with killing his mother last year, then disposing of her body in totes he threw alongside a road.
