40-The Twin Switch: A Fatal Crash and a Calculated Lie

from Criminally Absurd · host Cosy Nasiedlak and Susie Lewis-Peters

Episode 40-The Twin Switch: A Fatal Crash and a Calculated LieOn a September morning in rural Minnesota, four Amish children riding to school in a horse-drawn buggy were struck from behind by an SUV. Two of the children were killed, and two were critically injured.What initially appeared to be a tragic accident soon unraveled into something far more disturbing—a drug-impaired driver, an attempted cover-up involving identical twins, and a calculated effort to evade responsibility.This episode tells the story of the Miller family’s devastating loss, the investigation that exposed the truth, and the accountability that followed in a community forever changed. The information presented in this episode is from sources from the most reliable accounts available on the web, including the Post Bulletin Newspaper https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/driver-in-fatal-amish-buggy-crash-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prisonKTTC News:https://www.kttc.com/2025/10/16/driver-september-2023-fatal-amish-buggy-crash-sentenced/CBS News:https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-amish-buggy-crash-sentencing-samantha-peterson/KROC Radio News Website:https://krocnews.com/samantha-peterson-sentenced-amish-buggy-deaths/The Amish America Website:https://amishamerica.com/minnesota-amish/The Fillmore County Journal:https://fillmorecountyjournal.com/samantha-petersen-pleads-guilty-in-buggy-crash-that-killed-two-amish-children/KAAL TV News Website:https://www.kaaltv.com/news/2-killed-2-hospitalized-after-crash-involving-amish-buggy-in-fillmore-county/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNfZhNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhsBdWGVjuBuCRpe0QQKeJYOg89VDy5sLDnDtLx87W1A3bUI98cZPwR78gfq_aem_EaELur3VeGHl1JEInPWR4gPhotos include: One of the Miller’s horses from Melissa Baus Design’s Facebook, Samantha (left) and Sarah (right), the scene of the crime.

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