Northwood Woman Appears in Court for First Time in Juvenile Murder Case

GRAND FORKS, ND (trfnews.i234.me) A Northwood, North Dakota woman, charged with murdering a 15-year old boy Sunday night, made her first court appearance in Grand Forks District Court Tuesday morning. Samantha Wilson allegedly shot and killed 15-year old Jonah Borth. The Grand Forks Sheriff’s Department now says, additional persons in the home at the time of the shooting have been identified as Ray Borth (father of Jonah) and suspect Samantha Wilson’s two minor children, both 8 years old. Here is the web address for the obituary of Jonah Borth: https://www.amundsonfuneralhome.com/obituary/jonah-borth
a 32 year old Samantha Wilson made her initial court appearance in Grand Forks on this Tuesday morning she’s charged with murder in the shooting death of 15 year-old Jonah birth in Northwood on a Sunday evening her bail was set at $250,000 her preliminary hearing to determine if there’s enough evidence to bring the matter to trial is scheduled for March 2nd for background on the case here is a story we published on a Monday 32 year old Samantha Wilson of Northwood has now been charged with murder in the Sunday night’s shooting death of 15 year-old Jonah birth a Grand Forks Red River High School student knows where the ambulance and fire can you respond to the 212 Landry Avenue 212 Landry Avenue for a subject who’s been shot in the upper right chest area you have a pulse but there is some agonal breathing we are starting CPR it looks like they have stopped breathing at this time now court documents don’t spell out the relationship between Wilson and the victim however a couple of acquaintances tell me the victim’s father was a friend of Wilson’s here’s what court documents say happened inside this home reading from the criminal complaint quote on January 26 2020 at approximately 9:30 8:00 p.m. deputies with the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department responded for a report of a male subject with a gunshot wound law enforcement and emergency medical personnel attempted life-saving measures on the male subject which were ultimately unsuccessful the male was pronounced dead at the scene through the investigation it was learned that Samantha Wilson used utilize a 9-millimeter pistol to fire at least one round which struck the male victim in the area of the chest throat Samantha Wilson did commit the crime of murder by causing the death of another human being under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life by pointing a loaded firearm at another human being and pulling the trigger the action resulted in the death of a juvenile male identified as JB now as i News has learned Jonah birth back to the criminal complaint Samantha Wilson was placed under a and transported to the Grand Forks County Correctional Center prior to arriving at the Correctional Center Samantha Wilson became uncooperative and began bagging her head on the windows and cage of the sheriff’s office patrol vehicle when personnel attempted to take custody of Samantha Wilson she intentionally spit blood onto at least one correctional officer samantha Wilson did commit the crime of contact by bodily fluids by causing blood and saliva to come in contact with at least one correctional officer again that was from the criminal complaint and as you heard it does not speak to any possible motive in this case however Samantha Wilson has now been charged with a class double-a felony of murder which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison plus a felony charge of contact by bodily fluids I’m Neil Berg reporting for i-news TV