CJSC BAGEGY: Twin sister pleads guilty in an attempt to cover

Stuartville, Minn. (Fox 9) – Gemini who tried to take the blame for his sister after Amish -Baggi accident Two children were shot down, and two more were injured, and made guilty on charges arising from its involvement in an attempt to conceal.

The guilty statement of sister Petersen

What do we know:

36 -year -old Sarah Bet Petersen of Kellogg, Minnesota, has guilty of two points of criminal work in the Filmore County on February 4, 2025.

The police say that during their investigation into a deadly accident It happened on September 25, 2023, Sarah tried to deceive the authorities, saying that she was driving, not her sister.

Meanwhile, Samantha Joe Petersen, 35 years old, is also accused of 21 crimes, including numerous calculations of criminal murder on a vehicle, criminal transport work, riding under the influence, careless management and speed. It currently has a trial date set on July 14, 2025.

Charges the details of a fatal buggy failure

Previous History:

According to a criminal complaint, at about 8:26 in the morning on September 25, 2023, the authorities responded to a vehicle -related accident and AMIS -Baggi in County 1 in Rural Stuartville. When the authorities arrived, they found an SUV with damage to the front time parked along the shoulder of the southern strip of the district road 1, with several people in a ditch only in the north.

Two children aged 11 to 7 were killed as a result of an accident. Amish -baggi and a horse that seemed dead were also in the Western ditch.

The witness described the driver of the SUV, who got into the buggy as a blond woman wearing a Hy-Vee shirt. Witnesses said that the second woman who was very similar to the driver was also at the scene, but “just appeared.”

Both women were already at the scene when the authorities arrived-one, later identified as Sarah Beth Petersen, was in a black coat and black leggings, and the other, identified as Samantha Joe Petersen, wore a red shirt that corresponds to Hy-Ve uniforms of workers, Before it turned into a black top.

The authorities claim that Sarah Petersen was noticeably upset when she told the Filmore District Sheriff that she was a SUV driver who got into Baggy.

But when the MP asked her for a person’s certificate, she said it was in a black SUV, not an SUV participating in the disaster, they made accusations.

Deputies noted that Sarah and Samantha looked extremely similar.

Attempted cover

Dig deeper:

According to the accusation, Sarah told the deputy that she was going and did not see Baggy before she hit them, but that the silver SUV involved in the catastrophe belonged to her sister Samantha.

A conversation between the sisters was recorded, during which they discussed that they had been asked by law enforcement agencies, detailed documents. Sarah can be heard that “I think one of the guys is on me, but I’m not indifferent” and “there is no way when they are -nne know the difference between two of us, so they can’t say. What

Sarah provided a photo of her insurance card, which was canceled on September 22, 2023 before the accident occurred. The deputies then seized her phone as evidence.

Red T-shirt and black resin worn by Hy -vee workers were also found in a vehicle.

Text messages reveal the plot

The frequency of time:

The text messages between the two ultimately are revealed by investigators who were at the wheel when the accident occurred.

During the investigation, the manager of the district store and a human resource manager (HR) told the authorities that both Sarah and Samantha worked on Hy -vee.

Samantha reported them on September 25, 2023, saying that she had gone bad under the influence of methamphetamine during the disaster, the accusation stated. The manager of the district store informed the investigators that they believe that Sarah would take a fall to Samantha, as Samantha took care of Sarah’s children while Sarah was in prison, and now she seems to be helping Samantha.

HR reported Samanth investigator, who left work at 7:47 am on September 25, 2023, and at about 10 am that day she reported HR with a request to call her.

When they called, Samantha said, “I ***** up”, “I just killed two amishes; they were kids”, “I just hit the ****** Baggy and I killed two people” and “I Not sober. ” She confessed that she was high, and confirmed that she called to 911 before calling Sarah, and said she left the scene after Sarah arrived.

Later, HR provided text messages from Samantha, who admitted that she had done.

September 25, 2023 on the parking lot of Rochester High-Viv show that Samantha leaves from the store at 7:58 am and leaves a parking lot in a silver SUV at 8:02 am, it takes about 25 minutes from Hy -vee to place, Where the accident occurred, the accusation was declared.

Deputies watched 911 calls from the accident, and the call corresponding to Samantha’s number came at 8:25 am

Search order, continuation of the investigation

Dig deeper:

Investigators performed a warrant in Samantha’s house on September 26, 2023. Sarah replied to the door and said that Samantha had moved to Stuartville.

During the search, the deputies found the Samanth inside the house, which handed her phone to the investigators and provided a sample blood according to the search warrant. The results of the blood sample were returned on October 3, 2023, which showed the presence of methamphetamine, amphetamine and delta-9 TGC.

School social worker, September 27, 2023, accusations of the state.

A review of mobile phones shows that Samantha’s phone was at Hy -vee at 5 am on September 25, 2023, she was near Rochester Airport at 8:11 pm and was at the crossroads As her mobile phone was at the scene at 8:23 am

Investigators watched the searches on the Samantha’s phone and found that she lifted up: “What happens if you get in Amsh -Baggi accident and kill two people”, “How to block police iPhone” and “If you get into a buggi and kill two people Are you going to prison?

The reconstruction of the accident found that the driver of a silver SUV traveled between 63-71 miles / h at the time it took place, despite limiting speed on the road 55 mph.

The road on the road was clear 1452 feet to the scene of the accident, and there was no obstacle.

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