FILE – In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, William Hoehn testifies in District Court in Fargo, N.D., during his trial for conspiracy to commit murder of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old who’s baby was cut from her womb. The North Dakota Supreme Court has thrown out a life sentence for Hoehn, convicted in August of 2017, of conspiring to kidnap a baby that his girlfriend had cut from their neighbor’s body and lying to police about it. The Court said in a ruling issued Thursday, August 22, 2019 that Hoehn should not have been labeled as a dangerous offender and should only face a maximum sentence of 21 years. (Michael Vosburg/The Forum via AP, Pool, File)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man originally sent to prison for life for helping to cover up the death of a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb is set to receive a new sentence.
William Hoehn, of Fargo, was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole in the 2017 attack on Savanna Greywind, whose baby survived. Hoehn’s girlfriend, Brooke Crews, admitted she sliced Greywind’s baby from her womb. She was sentenced to life without parole.
Justices ruled in August that a judge mistakenly classified Hoehn as a dangerous special offender and he should not have received life. Hoehn now faces 21 years in prison on two charges.
Gloria Allred, Greywind family attorney, says Savanna’s relatives were “disappointed and upset” about the ruling and hope Hoehn receives the maximum sentence at Monday’s hearing.
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