Family urges prayers, more police resources in search for missing pregnant Fargo woman

LaFontaine-Greywind was last seen on Saturday at her north Fargo apartment complex. Wednesday's gathering was a call to prayer in the search for the missing 22-year-old who is eight months pregnant.

"It's supposed to be a happy time for us. I was looking forward to my very first grandbaby. Now, I don't know," said LaFontaine-Greywind's mother, Norberta LaFontaine-Greywind.

She and others at the prayer rally called on Fargo police to do more to find out what happened to her daughter.

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"I don't think they're moving fast enough. I think it is too big for the Fargo Police Department," said Norberta LaFontaine-Greywind, adding that authorities had searched the Red River using dogs and had also conducted searches using a helicopter.

Amanda Vivier, spiritual director of the Native American Christian Ministry, called on the public to place pressure on police to encourage more resources be put into the search, including asking the FBI for help.

"There has to be justice. We have to know where she is," said Vivier, who suggested people show up at the police station to make their desires known.

Fargo Police Chief David Todd said Wednesday afternoon the search for Savanna "is our No. 1 priority. All of our resources have been focused on this since the beginning."

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Norberta LaFontaine-Greywind said members of her Turtle Mountain tribe have offered to help search for her daughter and she expressed appreciation for everyone who attended Wednesday's prayer rally.

"It feels good to have all that support, you don't feel alone," she said, adding a reward is being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of her daughter. She said the amount stood at about $7,000 Wednesday afternoon and it was growing.

"We need to bring her home, and fast," she said.

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Christy Goulet helped guide the prayers, stating: "We have to offer something to the spirits to get something back. We're going to offer our energy to the spirits."

One of those attending the prayer event, Judy Ehnert of West Fargo, said she was there because Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind had provided good care for her mother when her mother was at Eventide in Fargo.

Ehnert described LaFontaine-Greywind as quiet, sweet and compassionate.

"Just a caring girl," Ehnert said.

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