Authorities: Man offered money to ‘rape and murder’ Alaskan
Posted Jun 15, 2019 09:48:43 PM.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities charge that an Indiana man implicated in the murder of an Alaska teenager had promised millions of dollars to the teens who killed her in exchange for images of the killing, the Anchorage Daily News reports .
The newspaper on Saturday cited court documents saying that investigators believe Darin Schilmiller of New Salisbury, Indiana, posed as a millionaire named “Tyler” online and offered 18-year-old Denali Brehmer $9 million or more to “rape and murder someone in Alaska.”
Brehmer is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Cynthia “CeeCee” Hoffman.
Hoffman was killed June 2 near a rural Anchorage trail. Police found her bound with duct tape in the Eklutna River near Thunderbird Falls. She had been shot in the back of the head.
On Tuesday, federal prosecutors announced the arrest of Schilmiller on child pornography charges. He is charged with production of visual depiction of minors in sexually explicit conduct and attempted receipt of those depictions.
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Information from: Anchorage Daily News, http://www.adn.com
The Associated Press
