Crews hated the 22-year-old Native woman, Martinez said, for reasons having to do with an unruly cat, among others. Once inside the apartment, Crews started an argument with Savanna, pushed her down, knocking her out when she hit her head on a hard object. And then, without anesthetic, Crews grabbed a utility knife or a blade and began performing a crude C-section on Savanna, cutting her hip-to-hip.
There were no efforts to save Savannas life when this was going on, Martinez said. She was merely a vessel for the baby Brooke Crews planned on stealing. Quoting Crewss testimony Martinez said, She would wake up and pass out, and wake up and pass back out, and then she would wake up, but it happened so fast. I did cut her, and then I took her baby out of her. She was not dead when I cut her and took her baby out of her.
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Crews had multiple opportunities to confess, but she didnt, Martinez said. Instead, Crews lied to police, telling them Savanna wanted out of the pregnancy, that she planned on leaving her family and boyfriend, so she taught Savanna how to break her own water.
