Latest News: A woman denies telling a detainee that she had strangled a baby

FARGO, N.D. – The last on the trial of William Hoehn, accused of conspiracy in the murder of a pregnant woman whose baby was cut off from her belly (local time):

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A North Dakota woman convicted of killing her pregnant neighbor says she never told another inmate that she had strangled Savanna Greywind and that she had cut off the baby from his belly.

Brooke Crews testified on Tuesday at the trial of her ex-boyfriend, William Hoehn, charged with conspiracy to commit murder in August 2017 after Greywind's death. Crews is serving a life sentence.

After a break of nearly three hours, defense attorney Daniel Borgen said he received "new information" from Jennifer Robinson, incarcerated in the same New England prison as Crews.

The crews denied the claim to strangle Greywind, as well as Robinson's claims that Hoehn and Greywind had an affair and, according to Borgen, the baby was "possibly William's."

Crews says she's "very rarely" talked about the case.

The lawyers in the case say that the pleadings will probably take place on Thursday.

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12:20

A North Dakota woman testified that she had never "explicitly" told her ex-boyfriend that she planned to murder their pregnant neighbor and cut her belly.

Brooke Crews pled guilty to murder and is serving a life sentence without parole in August 2017 when Savanna Greywind, 22, was murdered. Crews testifies Tuesday at the trial of William Hoehn, accused of conspiracy deaths.

Hoehn of Fargo confessed to helping to conceal the crime, but said he did not know Crews was going to kill Greywind for the baby.

Crews testified that she had felt under Hoehn's pressure to "produce a baby", but in cross-examination by defense attorney Daniel Borgen, Crews stated that Hoehn did not had not said to kill Greywind for the newborn.

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11:45

A woman in North Dakota convicted of killing her pregnant neighbor by cutting the baby from her uterus said the police had missed the victim's body and newborn baby during three searches of her apartment.

Brooke Crews testifies in the trial of his ex-boyfriend, William Hoehn, accused of conspiracy to commit the August 2017 murder of Savanna Greywind, 22, of Fargo.

Greywind was killed after going to the couple's apartment to help with a sewing project. His disappearance provoked massive searches before his body was found in the Red River near Fargo a few days later.

Greywind's baby survived. The crews testified that during a police search in the couple's apartment, Greywind's body was in the bathroom closet and that the baby was covered next to Hoehn on a bed.

She says that Hoehn finally moved Greywind's body into a hollowed out chest of drawers and that they both came out of the apartment.

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10:55

A North Dakota woman convicted of killing her pregnant neighbor by cutting the baby from her belly said her boyfriend at the time had told her that she "had to produce a baby."

On Tuesday, Brooke Crews stated that she had lied to William Hoehn, telling her that she was pregnant, in order to extend the relationship.

Crews says that Hoehn did not believe him and made comments about Savanna's pregnancy Greywind, 22, who meant that he wanted their neighbor's baby. Crews nonetheless said that Hoehn seemed surprised when he came home to discover that she had sliced ​​the child of the Greywind uterus.

Hoehn is accused of conspiracy to commit murder in the murder of Greywind. He admitted to concealing the crime and pleading guilty to kidnapping, but said he did not know that Crews had planned to kill Greywind and take the baby.

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9:05

A woman found guilty of killing a pregnant woman in North Dakota by cutting her baby's belly testifies at the trial of her former boyfriend.

William Hoehn (hayn) is charged with conspiracy to commit the August 2017 murder of the 22-year-old Savanna Greywind. Brooke Crews, who pleaded guilty earlier and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole, spoke on Tuesday, the sixth day of the trial.

Hoehn admitted helping Crews conceal the crime, but said he was unaware of his plan to kill Greywind. Hoehn pled guilty to other charges in the case.

Greywind's death prompted a senator from North Dakota to introduce the Savanna's Act, which aims notably to improve tribes' access to federal crime databases.