One of six suspects in the 2021 kidnapping and assault of a 15-year-old minor girl in Wolf Point changed her plea.
Lavanchie Patricia Goodbird, 30, pleaded guilty to kidnapping of an individual under 18. Goodbird faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years to life in prison, a $250,000 fine and not less than five years to a lifetime of supervised release. Sentencing is April 6, 2023, and she is detained until then.
On September 15, 2021 in Wolf Point, a group of individuals lured a 15-year-old girl out of her house and kidnapped her.
That evening, after drinking alcohol, Goodbird drove the group to the victim’s house. Goodbird was under the impression that the group was going to the victim’s house so that one of the individuals in the group could fight the victim, court documents state.
Once she was out of the house, the situation escalated. Some of the individuals in the group assaulted the victim in her front yard. When eyewitnesses yelled that they were going to call the police, some of individuals kidnapped the victim because they wanted to continue assaulting her. Goodbird drove the vehicle and transported the victim to a vacant lot where some in group beat the victim again.
Co-defendants Cheri Cruz Granbois, Elmarie Amelia Weeks, Dylan Troy Jackson, Kaylee Jade Jackson and Patti Jo Annunciata Mail pled not guilty to the charges.
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