A North Dakota mother believed to have killed her three children and herself had reportedly set up a GoFundMe a week before carrying out the grisly murder-suicide. Mother Astra Volk, 35, and her children, Arianna Talmage, 6, Aidan Talmage, 10, and Tyler Talmage, 14, were found dead Thursday in their Grand Forks home. Police found …
Authorities in North Dakota say a Minnesota man killed a priest he believed had sexually abused his girlfriend. According to Fox News, 42-year-old Chad Legare allegedly attacked Rev. Robert Wapenski last month. Reports indicate that weeks before the attack, the suspect alerted police to his girlfriend’s alleged rape by forwarding text messages. Legare and the …
The longtime boyfriend of a pregnant North Dakota woman who was murdered by her upstairs neighbors and had her baby taken from her womb is speaking out four months after the unthinkable ordeal. Ashton Matheny recently told People that he dreams about slain girlfriend Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind every night. However, Matheny said that raising their 4-month-old …
The woman accused of kidnapping and killing pregnant North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind changed her plea on Monday. Brooke Crews, one of two suspects facing charges, appeared in the Cass County Courthouse and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping, and providing false information to police. Crews had previously pleaded not guilty. Crews will be sentenced …
The woman charged in connection with the abduction and murder of pregnant North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind is reportedly set to change her not guilty plea. According to The Bismark Tribune, Brooke Crews will update her plea at a December 11 hearing. Crews and live-in boyfriend William Hoehn have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to kidnap and …
The family of murdered pregnant woman Savannah LaFontaine-Greywind has reportedly elicited the help of high-profile victims’ rights attorney Gloria Allred. The announcement was made on the family’s Facebook page on Wednesday. Allred later confirmed the news to KFYR but declined to comment further. As CrimeOnline previously reported, LaFontaine-Greywind, 22, was eight months pregnant when she disappeared …
On Tuesday, the boyfriend of murdered pregnant woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind gained legal custody of their infant daughter, Haisley Jo. WDAY reports that a Cass County District Court judge suspended an order that placed Haisley Jo in protective custody and granted custody to Ashton Matheny. “It’s amazing–it’s all over with finally,” Matheny told the local station Tuesday. …
The boyfriend of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind has posted the first pictures of their presumed newborn daughter. Though Ashton Matheny said he wouldn’t release any pictures of Haisley Jo until she’s in his care, WDAY reports that the slain woman’s boyfriend recently posted photos of the infant girl to his personal Facebook page. Haisley Jo remains in protective custody until DNA …
Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s parents saw the baby girl on Wednesday that likely belonged to their slain daughter. Speaking with Valley News Live, Norberta Greywind said they met Haisley Jo despite awaiting DNA tests to confirm she’s her granddaughter. “She is beautiful,” Greywind said, noting that Haisley Jo looks just like her late daughter. LaFontaine-Greywind’s boyfriend, Ashton Matheny, was also …
‘Her eyes were huge; she was fixated on my daughter’
Fargo Police revealed Tuesday that missing North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind died as a result of homicidal violence. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office provided Fargo Police with the preliminary autopsy results, which didn’t reveal specific details surrounding the 22-year-old’s death—or how her baby girl was born. “The Fargo Police Department and its law enforcement …
Investigators are determining whether the Fargo, North Dakota, couple arrested in connection with Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s disappearance are “womb raiders.” At last week’s press conference, Fargo Police Chief David Todd revealed that authorities are looking into a multitude of scenarios—including whether the baby girl was taken from LaFontaine-Greywind’s womb or if her labor was induced, according to …
