Cynthia Hoffman Biography
Cynthia ‘CeeCee’ Hoffman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the back of her head and bound with duct tape near a hiking trail in rural Anchorage on June 2.
Authorities say 18-year-old Denali Brehmer gathered a group of friends to kill 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman in Alaska and record it for a man who wasn’t what he claimed.https://t.co/iZK1mTBVZV
— Eyewitness News (@wchs8fox11) June 19, 2019
Cynthia Hoffman Age
She was 19 Years old teen Girl.
Cynthia Hoffman Killed by Her Best Friend
Teenager allegedly killed her supposed best friend after a man she met online promised to pay her $9 million if she sent him photos and videos of the killing.
Denali Brehmer, de 18 años, está acusada del homicidio de Cynthia Hoffman, de 19. https://t.co/sS772wzFZH
— Aqui y Ahora (@AquiyAhoraShow) June 19, 2019
Cynthia Hoffman Killer Denali Brehmer with 4 other Suspect Arrested
Her best friend Denali Brehmer, 18, and four other teens were arrested and charged over her murder earlier this month.
Police would not reveal a motive at the time but disturbing new details have emerged in the case following the arrest of a 21-year-old Indiana man.
Investigation of Cynthia Hoffman Murder
Investigators believe Darin Schilmiller posed as a millionaire named ‘Tyler’ online and offered Brehmer $9 million or more to ‘rape and murder someone in Alaska’, according to court documents obtained by KTVA.
After police obtained a search warrant for Brehmer’s phone, investigators say they found child porn, sexually explicit photos and text messages between her and Schilmiller.
Drain Schilmiller Arrested
Federal prosecutors announced the arrest of Drain Schilmiller on child pornography charges last week.
He is charged with production of visual depiction of minors in sexually explicit conduct and attempted receipt of those depictions.
People are raising some stupid f’n kids.
CBS News: Cynthia Hoffman murder: Alaska teens allegedly killed friend after man offered $9 million to record “rape and murder”.https://t.co/9OhMjDVIR5
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In a criminal complaint, FBI Agent Jessica Hais said Schilmiller directed Brehmer to record the sexual exploitation of girls.
Brehmer told police she shot video of a girl who was 8 or 9 and another who is 15 and sent them to Schilmiller.
In interviews, she referred to him as ‘Tyler’ from Kansas.
Hais, who is part of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, said in the criminal complaint that investigators later determined ‘Tyler’ was Schilmiller.
Text messages on Brehmer’s phone show Schilmiller directing Brehmer on how she should assault the older girl, authorities said.
Posing as “Tyler” a man promised a teen $9 million or more if she raped and killed someone and then sent him photos.
Police found Cynthia Hoffman duct taped and shot in the back of the headhttps://t.co/lAhgmLqZMl
— KUTV 2News (@KUTV2News) June 19, 2019
Federal prosecutors in Anchorage say Schilmiller, who is a person of interest in Hoffman’s murder, will be extradited to Alaska to face charges.
Hoffman’s family said the victim had the mental age of a seventh grader and that she met Brehmer when they were both students at Service High School.
‘All I know is that my daughter didn’t deserve all this,’ her father Timothy Hoffman said when he went to court to see the teenager’s arraigned.
He said Cynthia had described Brehmer as her ‘best friend’.
He said a developmental disability that caused his daughter to operate intellectually at about a seventh-grade level had made her vulnerable.
‘She should have had the friends that she wanted. She shouldn’t have had people that wanted to plot against her. And the ages of these people? I think it is sick. And now they don’t have to live the nightmare that I have to live,’ he said at the time.
Fast Facts You Need to Know
- Cynthia Hoffman, 19, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the back of her head near a hiking trail in Anchorage, Alaska on June 2
- Her best friend Denali Brehmer, 18, and four other teens were arrested and charged over her murder earlier this month
- Police would not reveal a motive at the time but disturbing new details have emerged in the case following the arrest of a 21-year-old Indiana man
- Darin Schilmiller is accused of posing as a millionaire named ‘Tyler’ online and offering Brehmer $9 million ‘rape and murder someone in Alaska’
- Brehmer was allegedly supposed to send photos and videos of the killing back to Schilmiller as part of the plan
- The teenager allegedly agreed to the arrangement and offered four of her friends a cut of the money if they helped
- Hoffman’s family said the victim had the mental age of a seventh grader and that she met Brehmer when they were both students at Service High School