Omaha woman pleads no contest in homicide case, faces up to 20 years in prison

Alyssa Roman, who had been charged with second-degree murder, pleaded no contest and was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Alan Critser, 33. Roman and Critser shared a home at 7438 N. 55th Plaza west of the Mormon Bridge Road.

In exchange for her plea, prosecutors dismissed a charge of use of a firearm to commit a felony.

Roman could be sentenced up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced Sept. 17 by Douglas County District Court Judge Katie Benson.

Omaha police officers were called to a nearby home shortly after 5 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2023, for a report of a home invasion, police said. Residents of the home told police that a woman with pink hair, wearing only a shirt, had forcibly entered the home.

Officers traced the path of the woman, later determined to be Roman, to her home on 55th Plaza. Officers, according to the arrest warrant, observed Roman fleeing out the back door and took her into custody.

The warrant described Roman as “displaying signs of excited delirium.” She was transported to Immanuel Medical Center for evaluation and was medically cleared.

Inside the home, the warrant said, officers discovered what appeared to be blood and other matter on the walls in the hallway at the top of the main staircase. Critser was found in the primary upstairs bedroom with an apparent gunshot wound to the head.

A shotgun was located in a separate upstairs bedroom with women’s clothing placed over the tip of the shotgun’s barrel.

During an interview at Omaha Police Headquarters, Roman is said to have provided a statement indicating that Critser “did not shoot himself and that they were the only two individuals present in the residence at the time the homicide occurred.”