She Killed Someone... and Blamed Her Twin // The Samantha Jo Petersen Story
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Who is Samantha Jo Petersen and what was her background before the crash?
Imagine having an identical twin. And when you commit a crime, you can just blame it on your twin. Well, that's what this woman did. Her name's Samantha Jo. And Samantha Jo is around 35 years old, living in a small town in Minnesota where she works at a local grocery store. And she isn't exactly known for making good decisions. In fact, she already has two DUIs and a prior conviction for giving false information to the police. She's a mess. And things are about to get really bad for her. Now, if this story sounds familiar, that's because I've already covered it before about two years ago. But there have been some updates, so I'm going to do it again. So one day in 2023, at around 8 in the morning, Samantha Jo thinks this is a good time to get high on meth.
And even though she doesn't have a license or insurance, she decides to go on a drive. And so she gets in her car and she starts driving around like, well, a person high on meth. And so she's driving and she's speeding. She's going 70 miles an hour in a 55. Here's the thing about the road she's on though. She's driving in a county with a high population of Amish people. So it's common for Amish buggies to be on this road. In fact, it's so common that there are road signs warning. Like this one telling drivers to look out for these Amish buggies. Anyway, Samantha Jo apparently isn't watching the road. And she's high, and she isn't paying attention, and she doesn't see what's coming up right in front of her, a horse-drawn Amish buggy carrying four Amish kids on their way to school.
And this buggy is going about 10 miles an hour, while Samantha Jo is still going 70. And suddenly, kaboom, she plows into the buggy from behind with her 4,000-pound SUV. And the buggy busts into a million pieces, and it's a disaster. There's debris everywhere.
And the worst part is that all four Amish kids are severely injured, and tragically, two of them don't survive. Even the poor horse doesn't make it through the crash. And so Samantha Jo gets out of her car and she looks at the accident that she caused and she knows this is her fault.
But instead of, oh, I don't know, showing remorse, she starts thinking, how can I get out of this? And that is when she comes up with an unbelievable plan. Because here's the thing about her. She just happens to have an identical twin sister. who we'll just call Twin. Now, to make things less confusing in this story, I'm going to give Twin red hair. But just know that in real life, they look exactly alike. So Samantha Jo calls Twin, and she tells her what happened.
What happened on the morning of the crash and how was meth involved?
And she asks her to switch places with her and take the fall for the accident. Because, unlike Samantha Jo, Twin isn't high on meth, and therefore wouldn't get in as much trouble. And Twin hears this idea, and I guess she's like... All right. And she actually agrees to help her try and pull off this meth-fueled parent trap. And so Twin drives to where Samantha Jo is at the scene of the accident. And police haven't gotten there yet. And when Twin gets there, they both get into Samantha Jo's car and they swap their clothes. A few minutes later, police show up and Twin tells them, it was me, I was driving. And like an officer gives her a field sobriety test, like the whole thing. And she passes everything because, you know, she's the sober one.
And so then an officer puts her in his squad car for questioning and he turns on a recording device to record her. And I guess Twin doesn't know she's being recorded. And she tells him, you know, the buggy just came out of nowhere or whatever. And she makes all kinds of excuses. And after he takes her statement, the officer gets out of the car to go talk to the other officers there. Once he's out, Samantha Jo comes up to the car window to talk to Twin. But what neither of them know is that the recording device is still recording. And Twin gets all cocky and she says, there's no way they would ever know the difference between the two of us. And it seems like she's right. Police appear to be satisfied with Twin's story, and the whole thing looks like a tragic accident, and there's no immediate reason to arrest anyone.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Who is Samantha Jo Petersen and what was her background before the crash?
0:00–2:47
2
What happened on the morning of the crash and how was meth involved?
2:47–4:54
3
Why are Amish buggies and road conditions important to this accident?
4:54–6:51
4
How did the crash unfold and what were the injuries and fatalities?
6:51–8:13
Speakers
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