Singapore – Yesterday morning, Singapore prosecutor Ivy Ullrich announced preliminary charges against and a first court date for North Carolina nursing student Samantha Jean Bogan, aged 20, for November 30, 2023, at the Singapore High Court. Samantha Jean Bogan is to face a judge who will open the case against her. Samantha Jean Bogan is facing capital murder charges for killing 19-year-old Crystal Yundt, 19-year-old Noemi Zemlak, 20-year-old Malika Kahn, and 20-year-old Darianna Verdie on October 29, 2023, at the Blue Sea Hotel in Tampines, Singapore.
Preliminary charges announced against Samantha Jean Bogan are as follows:
- Four counts of capital murder
- Four counts of sexual assault after a murder was committed
- Four counts of drug-induced murder
- Four counts of distribution of a lethal drug with intent to distribute
- Resisting arrest
On Saturday, October 28, 2023, Samatha Jean Bogan went to a lesbian nightclub where she met the four deceased women and lured them to Blue Sea Hotel to “party further,” drugged them with fentanyl, and they overdosed on the drugs. Samatha then had sex with these women after they overdosed. Police have just released that Samatha was highly intoxicated on alcohol at the time and does not remember much. Samatha was put through alcohol detox at the Central Singapore Jail after being arrested.
The prosecutor says, “These deaths were committed in a lesbian sexual lust-driven drug killings involving fentanyl. The courts consider these types sexual lust driven killings very heinous, and we will seek the highest charges the court can impose on Miss Samantha Jean Bogan! It is very rare for this type of crime to be committed in Singapore, especially by a female.” We will seek justice for the four deceased women involved on behalf of their families.
Currently, Samatha is in a jail cell in the Central Singapore Jail with a cellmate who is bilingual and can help her with the customs of the jail. Samantha is housed in poor jail conditions that are a standard in Singapore’s jail system. Samatha is in a 6X9 foot jail cell with another inmate, who has a cot and a toilet. Samantha gets three meals a day, which consist of rice, fish, and native tropical fruits. The whole jail experience for Samantha has been what she has stated as “horrifying.”
Samantha’s family in eastern North Carolina has also been notified of the updated charges and Samantha’s first court date. Her parents cannot leave their jobs to be with their daughter in Singapore. But Samatha’s twin sisters, 18-year-olds, Magdalen and Rosetta Bogan, have taken a leave of absence from their college studies and will fly to Singapore to be in the courtroom to support their sister. Samanth’s siters have stated that “No charge against our sister will change our love for her even if she is guilty of the crimes before her!” Samantha’s parents have stated that “We, Samantha’s parents, family, and her home church community, are praying hard for her and we are asking for God’s blessing on Samantha.”