GUILTY VERDICT IN DISMEMBERMENT CASE (1993)
SIX DAYS OF DELIBERATION IN SANTA ANA ENDED TUESDAY WITH A GUILTY VERDICT FOR A COSTA MESA WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER HUSBAND AND DISMEMBERING HIS BODY IN 1991. OMAIMA NELSON WAS CONVICTED OF SECOND- DEGREE MURDER BY THE JURY. PROSECUTORS PORTRAYED NELSON AS A PREDATOR WHO KILLED HER HUSBAND DURING A SEX GAME. THE DEFENSE SAID NELSON COMMITTED THE ACT IN SELF DEFENSE AFTER HER HUSBAND REPEATEDLY RAPED AND BEAT HER. NELSON FACES 28 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON. SENTENCING HAS BEEN SET FOR FEBRUARY 28TH.