{"id":154269,"date":"2018-09-28T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=154269"},"modified":"2018-09-28T08:54:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T13:54:25","slug":"hoehn-denies-any-role-in-death-of-savanna-greywind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=154269","title":{"rendered":"Jury deliberating in Hoehn murder trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hoehn Crews<\/p><\/div>\n

FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A jury is reconvening for its first full day of deliberations in the trial of a North Dakota man accused in the killing of a pregnant woman whose baby was cut from her womb.William Hoehn (heyn) is charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the August 2017 death of Savanna Greywind. Hoehn’s girlfriend, Brooke Crews, is serving a life sentence in the killing.<\/p>\n

Hoehn says he knew nothing about Crews’ plan to kill their neighbor and take her baby.<\/p>\n

Crews was the key witness in Hoehn’s trial this week. She said she didn’t “explicitly” tell Hoehn what she planned. But, she said, when he came upon her carrying out the killing in the couple’s apartment bathroom, he tightened a rope around Greywind’s neck to ensure she was dead.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Previously…<\/p>\n

FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A man on trial in the death of a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb denied any role in her death, testifying Thursday that when he walked into his apartment and heard a baby cry, he thought his girlfriend had given birth.\u00a0 William Hoehn, 33, disputed testimony from his now ex-girlfriend, Brooke Crews, that he took any part in the August 2017 slaying of Savanna Greywind, 22. Crews pleaded guilty to murder earlier this year and is serving life in prison.<\/p>\n

Hoehn is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. He has admitted he helped to cover up the crime but denied knowing anything about Crews\u2019 plans to kill Greywind.<\/p>\n

Crews testified<\/a> this week that she didn\u2019t \u201cexplicitly\u201d tell Hoehn what she planned to do, but said when he walked in on a bloody scene in the couple\u2019s apartment bathroom, he got a rope and twisted it around Greywind\u2019s neck to make sure she was dead. The judge said<\/a> this testimony could be taken as evidence that Hoehn had agreed to participate in the crime.<\/p>\n

When Hoehn was asked by his attorney, Daniel Borgen, whether he had any agreement with Crews to kill Greywind and take her baby, Hoehn said: \u201cAbsolutely not. No, no, no.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crews also testified that she had faked a pregnancy in order to keep from losing Hoehn, and that when he figured out she was lying, she felt pressured to get a baby. Hoehn disputed that, saying he believed Crews was pregnant until the day of Greywind\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Hoehn looked frequently at the jury as he described arriving home that day and hearing a baby.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a wail, it wasn\u2019t like a cry or nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a distinct baby sound. I remember feeling elated and I thought, \u2018Oh my god, she had the baby when I was at work.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Hoehn said after he walked into the bathroom, he asked Crews, \u201cWere you even pregnant?\u201d He said she grabbed her stomach and said, \u201cI think so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors attacked Hoehn\u2019s credibility, citing his conflicting stories to police after his arrest and suggesting that his previous run-ins with the law made him adept at dealing with investigators.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m savvy about it. I\u2019ve had a little experience, yes,\u201d said Hoehn. He also testified that Crews sometimes to referred to him as \u201cbaby beater\u201d because he had pleaded guilty in 2011 to a child abuse conviction for fracturing his young son\u2019s skull.<\/p>\n

When Cass County prosecutor Leah Viste suggested that Hoehn and Crews would do anything for each other, Hoehn said they had boundaries.<\/p>\n

Greywind\u2019s death prompted North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to introduce Savanna\u2019s Act<\/a> , which aims to improve tribal access to federal crime information databases and create standardized protocols for responding to cases of missing and slain Native American women<\/a> . A similar bill has been introduced in the House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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