A Minnesota woman is accused of trying to blame her identical twin sister for the crash that killed two children in an Amish buggy in September 2023. He was formally charged.
Samantha Jo Peterson, 35, of Kellogg, Minnesota, faces charges of vehicular homicide and operating under the influence of drugs in connection with a September 25, 2023 crash that killed two children and injured two others. He was charged with multiple offenses including driving. .
Just before 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2023, authorities responded to a crash involving a vehicle and an Amish buggy, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox 9.
The report detailed that 7-year-old Wilma Miller and 11-year-old Irma Miller were killed, their 9-year-old brother suffered “serious injuries” and a 13-year-old child suffered “serious injuries.” . Injury. “
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Prosecutors have charged a woman with crashing an Amish stroller in southeastern Minnesota last fall, killing two children. (Fox 9)
When officers arrived, Samantha Jo Peterson and her twin sister Sarah were at the scene. According to the criminal complaint, Sarah claimed she was the driver who hit the buggy.
Text messages obtained by law enforcement show Samantha Jo Petersen tried to get her twin sister to take care of the fall because she was high on methamphetamine and feared going to jail. The lawsuit alleges that But as investigators dug into the case, their alleged cover story quickly became clear, the complaint states.
The complaint also alleges that surveillance footage obtained from the employer’s parking lot and footage from the deputy’s patrol car’s dash camera shows Samantha Jo Peterson changing clothes with the twins at the scene of the accident and leading investigators to the scene. He claims that the footage shows him trying to shake it off.
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Two children, aged 11 and 7, died in the accident. The 9-year-old suffered “substantial bodily injury,” and the 13-year-old suffered “substantial bodily injury,” according to the indictment. (Fox 9)
As the deputy left, Samantha Jo Petersen told her sister, “I think one of the guys is mad at me, but I really don’t care,” and “There’s no way they would know,” according to the complaint. I heard him say it. They cannot tell the difference between us. ”
Investigators executed a search warrant and examined cell phone records and found that Samantha Jo Petersen had searched her cell phone for “What would happen if two people died in an Amish buggy accident?” The complaint states that.
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Samantha Jo Petersen’s criminal history also shows that she was convicted of 4th degree DWI on October 15, 2015, 3rd degree DWI on August 6, 2018, and 2007. This indicates that he gave a false name to the police on March 15th.
Samantha Jo Petersen will make her first court appearance on March 25th.
