By Julia Bertino
Jun 30, 2021
(Omaha, NE) A Norfolk man will spend the rest of his life in prison for his part in the fatal kidnapping of a South Dakota woman.
The United States Attorney s Office says on Wednesday, 51 year old Ramon Simpson was sentenced to life in prison for Kidnapping Resulting in Death and Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping. Federal Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Simpson to life imprisonment on each count. Simpson was convicted by a jury in March.
Federal prosecutors say Phyllis Hunhoff regularly traveled from her home in Yankton, South Dakota to her mother’s home in Utica, South Dakota. They say her regular practice was to call her mother upon returning to Yankton. On November 4, 2018, Phyllis Hunhoff left her mother’s residence, alone, to drive home to Yankton. Investigators say she didn t call her mother as she did not make it home. Having not heard from Phyllis, her mother began repeatedly calling her phone to determine her whereabouts. All call
Nebraska man sentenced to life for fatal 2018 kidnapping
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Nebraska man found guilty in fatal 2018 kidnapping
March 31, 2021
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A Nebraska man has been found guilty of helping kidnap a South Dakota woman who was later killed on the Santee Sioux Indian Reservation in Nebraska.
Federal prosecutors said Ramon Simpson, 50, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was convicted Wednesday for his role in the Nov. 5, 2018 kidnapping of Phyllis Hunhoff. Because the kidnapping resulted in Hunhoff s death, Simpson is facing a mandatory life sentence.
Prosecutors said Simpson and Joseph James, of Norfolk, abducted Hunhoff as she left her mother s home in Utica, South Dakota, for her home in Yankton, South Dakota. Simpson and James entered Hunhoff s car before she could drive away, and they took her to Norfolk.