UPDATED - Hoehn Receives Life Sentence

 

William Hoehn has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in the kidnapping of Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind’s newborn baby after his ex-girlfriend, Brooke Crews, killed Lafontaine-Greywind.

Hoehn, 33, had pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit kidnapping in the abduction of the baby, but was found not guilty of conspiracy to commit murder.

The baby was violently cut from the womb of the 22 year old Lafontaine-Greywind in Fargo, in August of 2017.

The maximum prison sentence on the kidnapping charge was 20 years, and the charge of lying to police carried a maximum sentence of one year, but prosecutors argued that Hoehn is a dangerous offender, which should elevate the sentence to life in prison.  Cass County District Judge Tom Olson agreed, and imposed the life sentence with the possibility of parole.

Lead prosecutor Leah Viste said in a news conference, after the sentencing hearing, that Hoehn will be eligible for parole in 25 to 30 years, and that the state got the sentence it was asking for. Defense attorneys argued that Hoehn should serve no more than 7 years in jail, with 5 years of probation to follow.