Boyfriend sobs in court clutching his baby girl as 'womb raider' who sliced open his pregnant girlfriend and left her to die while she kidnapped the child is sentenced to life


 Brooke Crews, who killed a pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby, was sentenced to life without parole for the gruesome slaying (pictured Friday
A father broke down in court clutching his baby girl as the woman who admitted to killing his girlfriend and cutting the child from her womb was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ashton Matheny was seen sobbing during the victim impact statements, clutching Haisley Jo - his and Savanna Greywind's baby - who is now in his custody.North Dakota woman Brooke Crews, 38, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping and murder and lying to law officers in the August death of Greywind, 22, of Fargo.

Crews did not have a plea deal with prosecutors, but hoped that admitting responsibility at a December hearing would help her at Friday's sentencing.

Prosecutors asked for a sentence of life in prison with no parole, saying Crews admitted to cutting out the baby while Greywind went in and out of consciousness. Greywind bled to death, according to Assistant Cass County State's Attorney Leah Jo Viste.

Heartbreaking: Savanna's boyfriend Ashston Matheny holds their daughter, Haisley Jo, as victim impact statements are read during Crews' sentencing

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