Several days later, Sarah Maynard was found by a SWAT team. She had
been held captive in the basement of a home occupied by Matthew Hoffman.
He was arrested on charges of kidnapping, but refused to cooperate
with police in finding the other missing people. On November 18, police
gave a press conference and announced the bodies of the still-missing
had been found in trash cans that were hidden in a hollowed out tree.
Hoffman,
who has a public defender, remains in jail though he has not been
charged with murder. The young girl remains in the hospital and police
will only say she is doing well, considering what she'd been through.
It's not known if she is aware of the fate of her mother, brother and
friend.
Hoffman, who is an unemployed tree trimmer, is also an ex
convict. It's been reported by Fox News that he spent at least six
years in a Colorado prison after being convicted of arson. Court
documents from Colorado revealed that he'd set a townhouse on fire in an
effort to cover up a burglary. The Knox County, Ohio prosecutor says
it's likely other charges will be filed, but he declined to say when
those charges might come. Prosecutor John Thatcher said during the
presser, ''The tragedy today is just devastating''. Knox County Sheriff
David Barber also said he'd never been part of a case ''this big, this
serious and this tragic''.
Other details released at the press
conference included Hoffman leading police to the bodies, as well as an
interview that had been conducted with Hoffman's ex girlfriend, who said
he choked her and pinned her neck with his forearm as recently as
October 24. It's believed Hoffman has been in Ohio since his release in
2007.
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