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Hey, Crime Sal listeners. Welcome back to another episode of Crime Salad. My name's Ashley and with me always is my partner in crime Ricky. Hey guys. Hey, so we have some bad news.

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So if you guys remember a few months back, we covered the 2004 case of Lisa Marie Montgomery, a Missouri woman who murdered Bobby Joe's

tenant as she brutally cut open Bobby Joe's abdomen to take her unborn baby. This case made national headlines and in 2021 Lisa Marie became the first woman to be executed by the federal government in

decades. Our case this week follows a similar trajectory. A 22 year old pregnant woman was lured into a neighbor's apartment only to be attacked, killed, and had her unborn baby stolen from her womb.

Savannah Lafontein Gray Wind was born August 9, 1995 in Belcourt, North Dakota to New Burda in Joe Gray Wind.

Belcourt North Dakota is a small town along the Canada North Dakota border. Savannah had spent time living in Fargo and on the Spirit Lake Reservation.

Savannah as well as her younger brother and sister was a member of the Spirit Lake Sue Tribe. After graduating from Warwick High School in 2013, Savannah began working on getting her nursing assistant license.

Ultimately, she hoped to work in elder care as a nursing assistant. After getting her license, she spent time working at the even-tied nursing home in Spirit Lake before transferring to a different even-tied branch in Fargo in January of 2016.

During this time, Savannah was dating a boy named Ashton Mithini. They had been together since they were freshmen in high school in 2010.

And after seven years together, he had become a part of the Lafontein Gray Wind family. For Savannah, there was nothing more important than family. She helped raise her niece and nephew, cared for her grandparents, Clarence Lafontein and Edward Gray Wind, and she was close with their parents and siblings.

Beyond her family, Savannah loved animals, especially horses. The residents that she helped care for at her job and children.

In early 2017, Savannah had moved into her parents' basement apartment in Fargo so that she could save up money before moving in with her longtime boyfriend, Ashton.

The couple had just found out that they were going to have a little baby girl and they were beyond thrilled to start their family and life together. It was a dream come true for the young couple and their family.

By August 2017, Savannah was eight months pregnant. The 19th was a Saturday and she was off from work, spending time with her parents at home.

She had ordered a pizza to share for lunch and was planning on taking her 18-year-old brother to work later that afternoon.

That day, her upstairs neighbor approached her with an offer. Brooklyn Cruz was 38 years old and had lived above the Gray Winds for a while.

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