North Dakota man William Hoehn gets life sentence for kidnap of baby hacked from neighbour Savanna Greywind’s womb
- Hoehn’s girlfriend, Brooke Crews, is already serving a life term for the gruesome 2017 murder of Greywind
A North Dakota man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for conspiring to kidnap a baby that his girlfriend had cut from their neighbour’s body and lying to police about it, a sentence that didn’t entirely satisfy the slain woman’s mother.
William Hoehn, 33, will have a chance at parole under the sentence handed down by state Judge Tom Olson.
“We want justice. He deserves a life sentence. I don’t think this man should ever walk free,” said Norberta Greywind, mother of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind of Fargo. “He betrayed our family. He looked us in the eye with a straight face while our daughter lay dead in his apartment. Please don’t ever consider letting him out.”
Hoehn was found not guilty last month of conspiracy to commit murder in Savanna Greywind’s August 2017 death. Brooke Crews admitted that she sliced Greywind’s baby from her womb and is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole in that killing.
Hoehn denied knowing anything about Crews’ plan to kill Greywind and take her baby. But he admitted to hiding the newborn and giving false information to law enforcement to cover up the crime.