GUILTY ND - Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind, 22, pregnant, Fargo, 19 Aug 2017 #3

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Monday, October 7th:
*Re-Sentencing Hearing (@ 10:30am CT) - ND - Savanna Marie LaFontaine-Greywind (22) (Aug. 19, 2017, Fargo) - *William Henry Hoehn (32) indicted (8/19/17) with conspiracy to commit murder (Class AA Felony). Plead not guilty. $2M cash bond. Plead guilty (9/4/18) to conspiracy to commit kidnapping (Class A Felony) & giving false info to LE (Class A Misdemeanor).
Trial was set for 5/15/18 but cancelled, continued to 9/18/18.
9/4/18 Update: Hoehn pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of kidnapping and providing false information to law enforcement in the August 2017 death of Savanna. Hoehn is still scheduled for trial on Sept. 18 on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Felony Jury Trial 9/18 thru 9/28.
9/28/18 Update Day 9 of trial: The jury has found William Hoehn not guilty in the conspiracy to murder Savanna. Sentencing date for other charges has not been announced, should be in about a month.
10/29/18 Update: Hoehn has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for conspiring to kidnap and lying to police in the death of a woman whose baby was cut from her womb.
5/28/19: Appeals his life sentence.
8/22/19 Update: A ruling came on Thursday and orders that Hoehn of Fargo be resentenced. Hoehn plead guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the August 2017 attack on Greywind, who died of her injuries but whose baby survived. He entered the plea before a jury acquitted him of conspiracy to commit murder. The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a judge overstepped by giving a life prison sentence. A new sentencing date should be set in two weeks, depending on whether prosecutors file for a rehearing. North Dakota Supreme Court judge Jerod Tufte stated that Cass County prosecutors misled Hoehne ahead of his guilty plea and disagreed with the criteria used to enforce the dangerous special offender statute. Tufte stated that the 2012 child abuse case bore no similarities to the conspiracy kidnapping charges, which constituted an incorrect application of the statute. Hoehn, who is currently in federal custody, is expected to re-sentenced on 9/6. He could faces a maximum penalties of 20 years in prison for kidnapping and one year for lying to authorities. Parole hearing after 25 years.
9/6/19 Update: Re sentencing hearing moved to 10/7.
*Brooke Lynn Crews (38) also charged with same counts, plead guilty on 12/11/17 & sentenced on Feb. 2, 2018 to life without parole.
 
William Hoehn, who was originally ordered to serve life in prison for his role in the kidnapping of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s baby, was re-sentenced to spend 20 years behind bars on Monday, Oct. 7.

Hoehn appeared in Cass County District Court on Monday where Judge Tom Olson sentenced him on one felony charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and one misdemeanor charge of giving false information to police.
Sentence reduced for Fargo man convicted of kidnapping Savanna Greywind's baby | The Daily Republic
 
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.

North Dakota Man Involved in Gruesome Killing Back in Court<br /> | KAALTV.com
 
After the shocking murder in 2017 of Savanna Greywind, a pregnant member of North Dakota's Spirit Lake Nation whose unborn baby was cut from her womb and kidnapped, Hadley was spurred into action. She founded Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Oklahoma Southwest Chapter, a Facebook page devoted to raising public awareness about MMIW.


FILE - This Aug. 28, 2017 file photo shows a memorial to Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind outside the apartment where Greywind lived with her parents in Fargo. N.D. Her murder shocked the nation and helped give impetus to the MMIW movement.
“I’ll comb Facebook for notices about missing people, and if it is in our area, I will call the family and see if they have reported it or if they have a search party going,” said Hadley. “And if they don’t, then we’ll just go out and walk the streets, talk to people, hand out flyers, and coordinate with other MMIW chapters.”

At first, she said she felt as if her efforts went unnoticed. But on July 28, 2019, her group staged the first in a series of vigils, each honoring a murdered or missing Comanche woman.

“That event seemed to open the doors, and since then we have been doing podcasts and interviews with the news, and we’ve been invited to speak at conferences,” Hadley said.

She’s been successful in getting her tribe to pay for billboards about the missing to be erected the city of Lawton as well as wraps on local buses to feature faces of MMIW.

Recently, she participated in a private meeting between Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and more than four dozen MMIW activists and family members, eliciting a promise from Sanders that if he is elected president, he will appoint an attorney general who will ensure justice for slain native victims and their survivors.
Native American Women Lead Fight for Missing, Murdered
 
Groups in attendance were MMIW OK - SW chapter, MMIW OK - SE chapter, NEO MMIR, MMIW - Indian Capitol, AIM Indian Territory, Indigenous Peoples Day Lawton, Native Alliance Against Violence, Native Federation of Oklahoma Democrats, Cameron University’s Native American Student Association, and Warrior Woman Society.

After singing the Comanche flag song, Comanche tribal member Dr. Cornel Pewewardy officially welcomed Bernie to Numunu territory and the meeting. Following protocol, Bernie was seated at the head table between the family members of some of Oklahoma’s missing and murdered indigenous relatives. Bernie heard the stories of Ida Beard, Britney Tiger, Emily Morgan, Angela "Sam" Maynahonah Rodriguez, Aubrey Dameron, Wesley Stillsmoking, and Ci’Lina Deloney, respectfully.

LaRenda Morgan shared the story of her cousin Ida Beard, who went missing in 2015 in Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal territory. Over the past few years, the El Reno police department has yet to receive any substantial leads or evidence regarding Ida’s disappearance. The family continues to search for answers, recently hiring a private investigator in hopes that they can help them resolve this tragic case.
Bernie Sanders Holds Private Meeting with Families of MMIW in Oklahoma by Ashley Nicole McCray — Last Real Indians
 
In June, the Canadian government released a report after a nearly three-year inquiry found that 1,181 indigenous women were killed or had disappeared across the country from 1980 to 2012.

Although the issue has attracted less attention in the United States, the National Crime Information Center reported that in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. Only 116 of those were logged in the United States Department of Justice’s missing persons database, the report said.
Illuminating the Plight of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
 
“My first protest was against the Keystone Access Pipeline.” It was there that she witnessed dogs attacking protesters and some local youth run 2,000 miles to hand President Barack Obama a petition about the pipeline.

After that, she said she felt the need to continue fighting for indigenous rights. Her first event she helped organize was a vigil for Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind. Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) is one of the focal points of Daniel’s activism.

“Pochahontas, really named Matoaka, is the first documented MMIW,” she said “And Disney sells us this Pochahottie story that reinforces the narrative.”

There is no current data on MMIW’s, though Daniel did mention someone named Annita Lucchesi who is working on compiling the first database to contain this information. This is only after a bill in Congress written to start keeping track of this information was shot down in the Senate.

Shortly after the vigil, Daniel was thinking her time for organizing protests and such was over. She was overwhelmed with all the darkness surrounding her work.

“My mind was plagued constantly, not by these people, but their stories that I carry with me,” Daniel said.. “I don’t want to look at my friends and family and wonder ‘who’s next?’”

Daniel then started running and dedicating each mile she ran in races to MMIW’s.

“It’s my way to heal, my way to educate,” she said.
Indigenous Woman Jordan Marie Daniel Speaks About Indigenous Struggles - The Collegiate Live
 
Savanna’s Act passed the Senate in 2018 but was blocked in the House by former Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte because he said it would hurt some agencies that have no link to tribal communities. Heitkamp said a new companion piece to the bill, the Not Invisible Act, has helped broaden the scope of the initiative and address concerns raised by Goodlatte.

“We are making some headway,” Murkowski said. “Not fast enough, but I think we’re making the efforts that are going to make a difference in the long haul. The legislative initiatives that we have used have successfully raised the issue of awareness.”

Savanna’s Act was introduced in the House earlier this year. Three of its co-sponsors are Native American — Sharice Davids of Wisconsin and Tom Cole and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma.
Senate Puts Money, Muscle Behind Savanna’s Act
 
imstilla.grandma said:
In June, the Canadian government released a report after a nearly three-year inquiry found that 1,181 indigenous women were killed or had disappeared across the country from 1980 to 2012.

Although the issue has attracted less attention in the United States, the National Crime Information Center reported that in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. Only 116 of those were logged in the United States Department of Justice’s missing persons database, the report said.
Illuminating the Plight of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
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Oh, this reminds me!

Very important new and related thread:
MAP sues FBI (and others) for failure to report thousands of homicides
 
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margarita25 said:
Video of PC at link
What Happened To Savanna Greywind? New Details Released About The Newborn Baby Found Five Days After 22-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Went Missing
November 4, 2019
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I'm surprised you didn't quote this paragraph in the article!



"There were some things on her fb that I felt implied she was overwhelmed - one example was about paying bills, another was about health issues during her pregnancy. Although I would have expected her to drive away if she were taking a break," wrote a user by the name of Whiskers16.

@Whiskers16 !! :)
 
Editorial:
Finally,(bbm) a long overdue bill to provide justice for missing and slain Native American women may be on a path to passage.

Known as Savanna’s Act, the measure would incentivize federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate cold cases involving indigenous women and improve responses to crimes in which those women are victimized.

In addition, it’s designed to improve the recording and sharing of information involving crimes against Native American women in federal databases.

In some counties with high concentrations of Native Americans, murder rates of indigenous women are up to 10 times higher than the national average. And experts say the numbers are likely much higher, as violence against Native American women tends to be underreported. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice reports that more than half of Native American women have been sexually assaulted, including a third who have been raped. That’s a rate 2.5 times higher than that among white women.
For too long, Congress has delayed justice for Native American women
 
This is not a panacea,” Barr told tribal council members of the Salish and Kootenai Confederated Tribes at an event where members presented him with a blue blanket before a traditional musical performance. “This is a step in the right direction, but we have a lot more work to do working together.”

Barr said he spoke to President Donald Trump about the initiative, which calls for some of the same things already in legislation pending in Congress. He also spoke to tribal leaders about how a surge in methamphetamine use may be influencing violence in Indian Country.

On the nation’s largest Native American reservation, tribal members welcomed the extra resources and commitment to the issue but questioned how far the money will go, given how widespread the problem is.

“This is stuff we’ve been advocating for, it’s just funding a slice of it,” said Amber Crotty, a lawmaker on the Navajo Nation.
Attorney general unveils plan on missing Native Americans
 
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