An arrest warrant has been filed in connection with the death of an Omaha toddler, KCAU-TV reports.
Nathaniel Saunsoci-Mitchell was 20 months old when died on September 24, 2006, in a foster home off the Omaha Reservation. His former foster mother, Tisha Vega, is now wanted on a manslaughter charge.
An autopsy determined that Nathaniel died blunt force trauma to the head. After he died, Vega and her husband moved to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
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Arrest Warrant Filed
(KCAU 3/20)
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