Date of Birth
August 9, 1995
Date of Death
August 19, 2017
Location
Fargo, North Dakota
Cause of Death
Homicide
Who She Was
Her Story
LaFontaine-Greywind, 22, was born in Belcourt, N.D. on Aug. 9, 1995, and grew up in Fargo, according to the funeral home’s website.Savanna, a member of the Spirit Lake tribe, was born in Belcourt, N.D. Her father is a Spirit Lake member, while her mother is a member of the Turtle Mountain tribe.
Her family moved to Fargo when she was young, but returned to the Spirit Lake Reservation, near Devils Lake, when she was 9 years old. She graduated from Warwick (ND) Public School on the reservation in 2013 and then attended Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, earning a certificate as a certified nursing assistant. She went to work at a senior citizens home there that was later purchased by Eventide.
She met her boyfriend in middle school in Devils Lake, and they have been together for seven years. Like her, he is a Spirit Lake member. He was living and working in Minneapolis when she became pregnant, and moved to Fargo in anticipation of their daughter’s birth.
She earned a certified nursing assistant license in 2014 and started working at Eventide Nursing Home in Spirit Lake before transferring to Eventide in Fargo in January 2016.