The verdict comes nearly a month after William Hoehn, 33,was acquittedof conspiring with Brooke Crews, 39, to murder 22-year-oldSavanna LaFontiane-Greywindand take her unborn child.
Instead, Hoehn pleaded guilty to two lesser charges in the case: kidnapping and providing false information to authorities in their investigation court records show.
In December 2017, Crewspleaded guiltyto murdering LaFontaine-Greywind. In February, she was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
LaFontaine-Greywind was eight months pregnant when Crews, her neighbor, lured her to her apartment in the building where they lived on Aug. 19, 2017, court records show.
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Ahead of Hoehn’s sentencing hearing, LaFontaine-Greywind’s mother begged the jury to think long and hard about their decision.
“My life has been forever changed. As for Savanna’s daughter, this man tried to take her and raise her as his own. He said the days he spent with my granddaughter were the happiest days of his life. How sick is that,” Norberta Greywind said Valley News Live reported.
The courtalso heard fromHoehn, who said, “Know that I’m ashamed of my actions. I would not and could not act as I did on those days ever again. I’m not a crazed criminal, but I know I acted crazy. From a place of wrong.”
Duringan interviewwithThe Forum of Fargo-Moorheadin 2017, Hoehn admitted he should have done something to stop the heinous crime. “I should’ve called police that night,” Hoehn told the outlet.
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Hoehn said he found Crews cleaning up blood in the bathroom.
He told the outlet that he took bloody shoes and towels from the apartment and threw them in a dumpster.
While nothing can be done to bring LaFontaine-Greywind back, her memory lives forever. “I think about Savanna every day,” Matheny told PEOPLE.
Matheny also revealed their daughter says “Mama” because she is often shown a photo of her late mother.
When Matheny isn’t taking care of Haisley Jo, he’s going to school at a local college for business administration. He says he is working hard because he wants to be a good role model for his daughter.
“I don’t want her to see me down and weak,” he says. “I just keep moving forward — for me and for her.”
AGoFundMeaccount has been set up to help Haisley Jo and Ashton with child-raising expenses.
source: people.com
