MMIW: Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind

Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind had her whole life ahead of her. She was pregnant with her first child, getting ready to move in with her long-time partner. Always willing to lend a helping hand. Instead her life was snuffed out by others. She was killed so that her neighbor, Brooke could live in a fantasy world, acting as though this new child was her own. After having seven children taken away by the state and her tubes tied, Brooke viciously attacked Savanna stealing her baby and her life in the process. Brookes boyfriend became an accomplice, going along with the plan until his coworker tells police the pair have a new baby at home. Something missed in the three searches of their apartment in the time of Savannas disappearance. The only possible positive to come of this tragedy was the addition of Savanna's Act.

 

Sources:

Gable, Mona. 2023. Searching for Savanna. The murder of one Native American woman and the violence against the many

https://people.com/crime/william-hoehn-not-guilty-savanna-greywind-murder-baby/

https://www.niwrc.org/policy-center/mmiw?hsa_acc=8095999829&hsa_cam=17872253711&hsa_grp=143072057247&hsa_ad=612866041329&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-302037116350&hsa_kw=missing%20indigenous%20women&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA8NKtBhBtEiwAq5aX2Lt04rTAc8hDSOwFcX0d1o5VEHF0zWrq1zT68fYlS_JIFKn4PYTfeRoCEVAQAvD_BwE&utm_term=missing%20indigenous%20women&utm_campaign=*Awareness+-+Policy+-+MC&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc

https://thecinemaholic.com/savanna-greywind/

https://people.com/crime/fargo-woman-brooke-crews-sentenced-killing-pregnant-savanna-greywind/

https://www.twincities.com/2018/02/03/savanna-greywind-wasnt-dead-when-baby-cut-from-womb-prosecutors-say-at-abductors-sentencing/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gruesome-details-in-case-of-pregnant-woman-killed-for-baby-as-neighbor-is-sentenced/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/savanna-greywind-case-woman-admits-conspiring-to-kill-pregnant-neighbor-to-keep-baby/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/pregnant-womans-bloody-death-detailed-at-killers-sentencing

http://cbsnews.com/news/preliminary-autopsy-results-released-in-savanna-greywinds-death/

https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Hoehn-life-sentence-thrown-out-by-ND-Supreme-Court--557883121.html