Man Acquitted in Pregnant Woman’s Slaying in North Dakota

William Hoehn enters the courtroom in Cass County District Court in Fargo, N.D., on Sept. 26, 2018, during his trial on a charge of conspiring to murder Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, whose baby was cut from her womb. David Samson/The Forum via AP, Pool

FARGO, N.D.—A North Dakota man was acquitted on Sept. 28, of helping to kill a pregnant neighbor by tightening a rope around the woman’s neck after his girlfriend cut the baby from her womb.

William Hoehn, 33, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the August 2017 death of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind of Fargo. He would have faced life in prison if convicted of the charge.