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Matthew J. Hoffman (born November 1, 1980) [1] is an American convicted murderer known for killing three people (Tina Herrmann, her son Kody Maynard, and her friend Stephanie Sprang), as well as kidnapping and raping Sarah Maynard, Herrmann's 13-year-old daughter, over the course of four days.
- Who Was Matthew Hoffman?
- The Murders
- The Kidnapping
- The Arrest and Aftermath
Now, there is not a whole lot known about who Matthew Hoffman was before he committed a series of despicable crimes in November of 2010. For the most part, he seemed to have been a fairly normal-seeming person up until the few months before the crimes. He was born in 1980 in Warren, Ohio to his parents Robert and Patricia Hoffman. He was a quiet ki...
On the night of November 9, 2010, Matthew Hoffman positioned himself in the woods across from the home of Tina Hermann in Apple Valley, Mount Vernon, Ohio after parking his car a mile away and walking there. The house was relatively isolated and there were few neighbors in the area. He set up his sleeping bag and camped there until the next morning...
After killing the other members of her family, Matthew Hoffman gagged Sarah Hermann and threw her in the back of Stephanie Sprang’s Jeep next to the trash bags containing the dead bodies. Hoffman drove the Jeep to his own car, a Toyota Yaris parked a mile from the family’s home and transferred Sarah into that car. He then drove back to his own home...
Matthew Hoffman finally became a suspect after he was found sitting in his own car by the abandoned Hermann family truck. On November 14, 2010, police raided his home and discovered Sarah locked up in the crawlspace. They were not able to untie her until they took pictures of her for evidence. Once she was finally freed, she asked the police to tak...
Aug 13, 2022 · Hoffman pled guilty and was convicted on 10 counts, including gross abuse of a corpse, kidnap, and rape, among others. According to CBS News, Hoffman was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Hoffman, 30, is serving a life sentence for three murders and for the kidnapping and rape of the teen. The two police officers from Mount Vernon, Ohio, who first entered Hoffman's home in November 2010 discovered mounds of leaves so high they feared that bodies could be buried underneath them.
Feb 3, 2022 · A staggering triple murder and abduction case leads Ohio investigators to Matthew Hoffman, a deranged killer with a possible “sexual attraction” to trees.
Nov 11, 2022 · After cross-referencing their information with a list of Toyota Yaris owners, authorities identified their suspect: Matthew Hoffman. An unemployed tree-trimmer, Hoffman had a criminal history during which he served six years in prison for first-degree arson, burglary, and theft.
Feb 9, 2011 · Feb. 10, 2011 -- The Ohio man found guilty of holding a 13-year-old girl hostage after killing her family and stuffing their dismembered bodies in a hollow tree had an obsession with trees and leaves, police documents show.
