Minnesotan identical twins are charged with switching places after one of them is said to have driven too fast on a country road, rear-ended an Amish horse-drawn wagon, and killed two kids.
Before filing charges, police worked on the case for months. However, one expert believes that the data may not be as solid as it seems.
Samantha Jo Petersen, according to the prosecution, was driving on September 25, 2023, when a car crashed into a horse-drawn carriage, killing two kids and hurting their two siblings.
The prosecutors claim that Sarah Beth Petersen, her identical twin sister, was not the driver at the scene or the one who assumed responsibility.
Wilma Miller, age 7, and Irma Miller, age 11, were killed in the crash, according to the authorities, while two of their siblings, aged 9 and 13, were hospitalized.
According to court records that Fox News Digital was able to get, Samantha Petersen did not have insurance for her silver Toyota 4Runner and her driver’s license was expired at the time of the collision.
Numerous charges had been brought against the sisters, according to Sheriff John DeGeorge’s February statement to local media, following a lengthy investigation that turned up strange inconsistencies that ultimately caused the purported scheme to come to light.
In televised remarks, he stated, Sarah was on scene a little time before our first deputy arrived. That made it possible for them to fabricate a narrative in which Sarah would accept blame for the collision and begin to obstruct the investigation right once.
She identified herself as the driver and admitted to hitting the buggy when the cops came.
According to court filings, Samantha Petersen was high on drugs at the time of the crash and was afraid she would go to prison, which is why the sisters reportedly pulled off the switcheroo.
Based on the court documents, Sarah had also been incarcerated recently and might have felt she owed her sister a favor for watching her children while she was behind bars.
