BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Amherst man has admitted to killing his mother in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Thursday. Om Samant, 36, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in connection. He had initially been charged with second-degree murder. Samant beat and stabbed his mother, 58-year-old Jagruti Samant, to death at their home on Thistle Lea on the morning of Dec. 26, 2022. Jagruti Samant was pronounced dead at the scene. He faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when he is sentenced on Dec. 17. He is being held without bail. Latest Local News Road closures, traffic info for Bills-Titans game Foreigner to perform at 2025 Erie County Fair Woman was forced by gunpoint from parking lot in abduction at Walden Galleria, police say ‘Haunted Hollow’ returns for a final chapter in Clarence Teen to be sentenced as adult for hitting and critically injuring Cheektowaga police officer Aidan Joly joined the News 4 staff in 2022. He is a graduate of Canisius College. You can see more of his work here.