Incident spells just the beginning for the end of the entire Hells Angels NV during the annual Laughlin, NV River Run motorcycle gathering. Motorcycle club members against Hells Angels Club Members gambling in Laughlin, Monday, and sentencing should be held after that.Denver/Omaha Sons of Silence Arrange Hell's Angels Laughlin, NV CasinoĪs promised, the Sons of Silence Drug Trafficking Gang began the systematicĪnnihilation of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club beginning with pitting rival The Norman County Sheriff’s Office took the missing person’s report from Engst’s family in mid-January 2016 after Engst’s vehicle was impounded. In January 2016, Stevenson went to police to report Engst, but some told her only the husband could file a report or they couldn’t take it because she didn’t live in the area. The messages to Stevenson stopped after October, even after she wished her daughter a Merry Christmas. Egnst warned her mother not to text or call her, saying someone might have her phone and be watching who she is contacting, Stevenson said. Stevenson last saw Egnst in early October 2015, when Engst came home to fix her car. That’s when Engst came home for a funeral and said she couldn’t tell her what was going on, Stevenson said.
Determining a cause of death was difficult because of decomposition - Engst’s body had been submerged in water for almost four months.īut he said drowning could be a possibility for cause of death.Įngst’s mother, Denise Stevenson, said she and her daughter would contact each other multiple times a day before September 2015. Mark Koponen, who performed Engst’s autopsy in Grand Forks, said strangulation and other injuries from the shovel likely did not cause Engst’s death. Herman at times shook his head, especially during testimony about his alleged connection to the Sons of Silence. There were indications that the relationship between Engst and Herman was physical, and Herman said that gave Johnson a motive to kill Engst, according to testimony. Interviews in the weeks after insinuate Herman tried to blame Engst’s death on Johnson, testimony revealed. Herman’s attorney, Christopher Lancaster, tried to poke holes in the suggested motive and Johnson’s credibility, noting she had been described as a liar by others. Johnson is serving 20 years in prison for her part as an accomplice to the murder. It doesn’t appear Herman was a member of the gang, but he did “dirty work” for the group, an FBI agent said. Department of Justice has deemed an outlaw motorcycle gang. Testimony from investigators claimed Herman was an “enforcer” for the Sons of Silence, a motorcycle club that the U.S. When they entered the house, Herman said Johnson was “dead” and Engst was “deader,” investigators said in court. Engst and Johnson waited for awhile, left for a time and went to a different house where Herman was, according to an FBI agent who testified Friday. Investigators indicated Herman was going to meet Sons of Silence members at the house. Johnson later would tell Schwab and other investigators Engst and Johnson entered a house in Devils Lake where Herman was in the weeks leading up to Engst’s death - he told them to wait outside, investigators said.Īssociate of the Hells Angels He was shot at his girlfriend’s house linked to organized crime Susan Schwab said Johnson contacted her in December 2015, asking about immunity and saying Herman possibly killed someone. More than a dozen of Engst’s relatives and friends sat in the courtroom, most wearing black shirts with red lettering that said “Justice for Amanda” or with an illustration of a capital A, a halo above the letter and angel wings on either side of the A.ĭevils Lake Det. Prosecutors said Herman strangled Engst, put her in the trunk of her car with the help of his then wife, now known as Crystal Johnson, drove to a bridge, beat Engst with a shovel and then dumped her tarp-wrapped body, which was tied to cinder blocks, into the Sheyenne River. Season 2 Episode 27 Part 2 Who’s for Real and who’s not? Special guest Black Dragon from MC protocol Billy Joe Herman, 40, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in April, and prosecutors will seek life in prison without parole. The sentencing turned into an evidentiary hearing as witnesses gave more than five hours of testimony to determine certain facts that led up to 36-year-old Amanda Stach Engst’s death on Oct.