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William Hoehn enters the courtroom on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at the Cass County District Court in Fargo, North Dakota, during his trial for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind's Plotting to Kill . (David Samson / The Forum via AP, Pool)
FARGO, N.D. – The last on the trial of William Hoehn, accused of conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Savanna Greywind (all local times):
5:15 p.m.
A North Dakota jury returned home for the day without a quick verdict for a man accused of conspiring in the murder of a pregnant woman whose baby was cut from her belly.
The jurors deliberated for about 90 minutes before arriving at the end of the day Thursday in the trial of William Hoehn (hayn). He is charged with conspiracy to commit murder in August 2017 when Savanna Greywind died.
Hoehn admitted to helping his girlfriend at the time, Brooke Crews, to cover up the crime. But he says that he knew nothing of his plans to achieve it.
The crews testified that when Hoehn fell on the bloody stage in the couple's apartment bathroom, he took a rope and squeezed it around his neck to make sure that She was dead.
Hoehn denied that.
The jury returns Friday morning.
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3:15 p.m.
A North Dakota jury has begun deliberations for a man accused of conspiring in the murder of a pregnant woman whose baby was cut from her belly.
The testimony ended Thursday afternoon in the trial of William Hoehn (hayn). He is accused in August 2017 of the death of Savanna Greywind. Hoehn admitted to helping his girlfriend at the time, Brooke Crews, to conceal his death. But he says he has no knowledge of what Crews had planned before discovering the crime scene in the couple's apartment bathroom.
The crews testified that she had not said "explicitly" to Hoehn what she had planned. But she said she grabbed a rope and wrapped it around Greywind's neck to make sure she was dead.
Hoehn's lawyer called Crews a liar.
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15h
The lawyer of a man accused of helping kill a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from his uterus said that prosecutors can not prove that the victim was alive on arrival.
Williams Hoehn (hayn) is charged with conspiracy to commit the August 2017 murder of Savanna Greywind, 22, dead. Hoehn testified that he had helped to conceal the crime but had nothing to do with the murder.
Defense attorney Daniel Borgen said in his final argument that the testimony of Hoehn's former girlfriend, Brooke Crews, that Hoehn had squeezed a rope around Greywind's neck was not the only reason why he did not. is not credible. He called Crews "one of the most devious and skilled liars we have ever seen".
Attorney Leah Viste said during her closing that Hoehn and Crews "made a plan and that they realized".
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14:30.
Prosecutors in the trial of a man accused of helping kill a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her belly say that he and his former girlfriend participated in the crime together.
William Hoehn (hayn) is charged with conspiracy to commit the August 2017 murder of the 22-year-old Savanna Greywind. Hoehn admitted to helping hide the crime, but accuses Brooke Crews of the murder.
Prosecutor Leah Viste concluded that the plot could be proven in two ways. She said the first was the testimony of Crews that she felt compelled to produce a baby. She said the other was Crews' testimony that when Hoehn arrived at the scene, he retrieved a rope and gripped it around Greywind's neck.
The prosecutor said that Hoehn and Crews "drew up a plan and executed it".
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11:45
Prosecutors who tried a man on the death of a North Dakota woman whose baby had been cut off from his belly attacked his credibility after stating that he had nothing to do with murder.
William Hoehn (hayn) is charged with conspiracy to commit the August 2017 murder of the 22-year-old Savanna Greywind. Hoehn's ex-girlfriend, Brooke Crews, testified earlier that she had cut Greywind's baby and that Hoehn had tied a rope around Greywind's neck after he have arrived on the scene. Hoehn denied it.
Leah Viste, Cass County Attorney, reported conflicting stories that Hoehn told the police after he and Crews were arrested. Hoehn acknowledged that, but when Viste suggested that Hoehn and Crews would do anything for each other, Hoehn said that there were "limits".
Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Judge Tom Olson rejected a motion by the defense for a nil trial at the end of Hoehn's testimony.
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10:15
A man accused of the death of a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from his belly says that his former girlfriend is responsible and that his request that he put a rope around the neck of the victim is wrong.
William Hoehn (hayn) is being tried for conspiracy to commit murder in August 2017 after the death of Savanna Greywind, 22 years old. Hoehn's ex-girlfriend, Brooke Crews, testified earlier that she had cut Greywind's baby and that Hoehn had tied a rope around Greywind's neck after he have arrived on the scene.
Hoehn testified Thursday that the rope was around Greywind's neck when he entered the bathroom of their apartment. When Hoehn's lawyer asked him if Greywind was breathing, Hoehn said that he did not think so.
Hoehn pleaded earlier for helping crews cover the crime.
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