GUILTY MN - SUV crashes into Amish buggy, 2 children died, 2 injured, Fillmore Co., 25 September 2023

[SleutherGirl]

Dang, this was about to turn into a Law and Order episode. Glad they caught the twins planning to switch.

 

[RickshawFan]

MSM coverage. Interesting discussion.

 

[Damarna]

Samantha Petersen appears in court, hearing centers around search warrants

The next court date has not yet been set but both sides are aiming for a December.

www.kttc.com

 

[Damarna]

Samantha Petersen's defense team questions search warrants in deadly buggy crash

PRESTON, Minn. - Search warrants in a deadly Fillmore County buggy crash are being called into question by the defense team for Samantha Petersen.

www.kimt.com

 

[Damarna]

DBM double post

 

[Richrd]

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31 March 2025 Court Date for Sarah Beth

14 July 2025 Court Date for Samantha Jo

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[savagewoman]

Woman who tried to confuse officials with her twin pleads guilty after two Amish children killed

A woman who attempted to elude authorities by pinning her actions on her twin sister has pleaded guilty to multiple charges after two Amish children were killed in 2023.

Samantha Petersen pleaded guilty on Friday to both criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation.

Prosecutors say Samantha Peterson was allegedly under the influence of illicit drugs while she was behind the wheel of an SUV when she collided with an Amish buggy on Sept. 25. Investigators said the SUV came up from behind and struck the horse-drawn buggy carrying four siblings to school. Two of those children, 7-year-old Wilma Miller and her 11-year-old sister, Irma Miller, died on the scene. Their 1-year-old brother and 13-year-old sister were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.

IMO
What a strange and twisted case. Swapping clothes & places. One twin takes the fall for the defendant. Finally the truth comes out.

 

[SMK777]

Woman who tried to confuse officials with her twin pleads guilty after two Amish children killed

A woman who attempted to elude authorities by pinning her actions on her twin sister has pleaded guilty to multiple charges after two Amish children were killed in 2023.

Samantha Petersen pleaded guilty on Friday to both criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation.

Prosecutors say Samantha Peterson was allegedly under the influence of illicit drugs while she was behind the wheel of an SUV when she collided with an Amish buggy on Sept. 25. Investigators said the SUV came up from behind and struck the horse-drawn buggy carrying four siblings to school. Two of those children, 7-year-old Wilma Miller and her 11-year-old sister, Irma Miller, died on the scene. Their 1-year-old brother and 13-year-old sister were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.

IMO
What a strange and twisted case. Swapping clothes & places. One twin takes the fall for the defendant. Finally the truth comes out.

Why would the other twin agree to destroy her own life to save her sister?

 

[Knox]

Why would the other twin agree to destroy her own life to save her sister?

I can see a twins doing that for each other.

 

[Rikissa]

On 31 March 2025 Sarah Peterson was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Southern Minnesota woman sentenced for role in Amish buggy crash that killed 2 children

A southern Minnesota woman has been sentenced for attempting to take the blame for her twin sister in a 2023 fatal Amish buggy crash.

www.cbsnews.com

On 17 October 2025 Samantha Jo Peterson was sentenced to four (4) years in prison!

Woman who blamed twin sister for deadly Amish buggy crash sentenced to 4 years

The Minnesota woman who blamed her twin sister for a drug-related 2023 Amish buggy crash that killed two children learned her fate in court on Thursday.

www.cbsnews.com