An Australian man whose ex-partner was charged over the shocking murder of a pregnant woman claims his former wife was obsessed with serial killers.
Brooke Crews and her boyfriend, William Hoehn, were charged in August with conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping in the death of 22-year-old American woman Samantha LaFontaine-Greywind.
The body of Greywind, which showed signs of ‘homicidal violence’, was found wrapped in plastic and duct tape in the Red River on September 3 by kayakers after she was last seen at the apartment of Crews and Hoehn.
An Australian man whose ex-partner Brooke Crews (pictured) was charged over the shocking murder of a pregnant woman claims his former wife was obsessed with serial killers
Ashton Matheny, 21 (left), the boyfriend of slain North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, 22 (right), says DNA tests confirm they are the parents of a newborn girl found in the apartment of the two people charged in the case
Before the death of Ms Greywind, Crews relocated from the America to Australia after meeting a man from the Blue Mountains online at dating website Tagged, news.com.au reported.
Andrew Murray said the pair hit it off instantly and she made the move to New South Wales in February 2012.
‘We ended up getting together and getting married,’ he told the publication.
Her marriage to the Katoomba chef lasted just months before she went back to the United States in October 2012.
Brooke Crews, 38 (left), and her boyfriend William Hoehn, 32 (right), have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping in the death. Bond has been set at $2million each
Matheny said that when LaFontaine-Greywind (pictured) became pregnant, he quit his job in Minnesota and moved back to North Dakota as the baby’s due date approached
Mr Murray revealed their relationship broke down when he discovered new details of her past including that she had been married and was a mother.
‘It was all lies, it was all based on lies,’ he said. ‘I didn’t know she was married in America, didn’t know she had children and then it all started coming out. And I said ‘look, I want you to go home and be a mother to your kids.’
He said she was very interested in crime: ‘She studied psychology and nursing and did her thesis on serial killers. She was always reading books on serial killers and murders and could tell you anything about them.’
The North Dakota woman, who is now accused of killing the neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby, intends to change her not-guilty plea.
The 38-year-old filed a change-of-plea notice Monday in Cass County court. The notice doesn’t say how Crews intends to change her plea. A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 11.
Investigators haven’t said how Greywind was killed, but Fargo’s police chief called it a ‘cruel and vicious act of depravity.’
The baby girl, who survived, was found in Crews and Hoehn’s apartment. Greywind’s boyfriend, Ashton Matheny, said DNA tests confirmed that he and Greywind are the girl’s parents. He now has custody, prosecutor Leah Viste said Tuesday.
Hoehn, (pictured), told police he came home to their bloodied apartment on August 19 and claimed Crews presented him with the baby girl saying: ‘This is our baby. This is our family’
Crews and Hoehn gave investigators differing accounts of what happened, according to the criminal complaint. Crews told police she arranged to have Greywind come to her apartment on Aug. 19 and told her how to induce labor, and that Greywind returned two days later to give her the newborn baby.
But Hoehn told investigators he came home Aug. 19 to find Crews cleaning up blood in their bathroom. He said Crews presented him with the infant girl and said: ‘This is our baby. This is our family,’ the complaint states.
Hoehn told police he took garbage bags containing bloody shoes and his bloody towels and disposed of them away from the apartment complex, according to the documents.
Crews and Hoehn remain jailed with bond set at $2 million each.
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