Ohio sheriff: Missing mom, 2 others may be dead

[redirish28]

Source: Intelligencer.com

Police used a sonar-equipped boat to scan below the surface. Later in the day, three divers searched the lake, setting out orange floating makers where they went in the water.

A search team pulled an old four-door car out of the lake just before sunset and an SUV a short time later. Investigators said it didn't appear that either vehicle was related to the people's disappearances.

After describing the investigation for days as a missing-persons case, the sheriff referred to it as "an investigation into the recovery of three people" - a significant shift in tone.

About 200 community members gathered Monday evening for a candlelight vigil at a church about two blocks from Hoffman's home and around the corner from the park.



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My wife's and my thoughts and well wishes are with the families of these people and to that young girl. God knows what she went through and saw but my wife believes it must have been terrible. No news of her ordeal has yet leaked. Makes her believe that this girl went through unspeakable hell.

[hlthe2b]

1. That young girl has captured my thoughts all day...

I could only wish that my concern for her welfare (and that of all the missing) could somehow be conveyed to her and bring her comfort. Another horrible story to be revealed, it seems... :cry:

[golfguru]

2. Death penalty is justified in this case for sure /nt

[redirish28]

3. SMALL UPDATE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20101116/us-ohio-family-missing/



Hoffman, who's been charged with one count of kidnapping, is to appear via video from jail for a bond hearing Tuesday. The sheriff said he does not yet have a lawyer.

It wasn't clear how well Hoffman knew the four missing people, but the sheriff suggested that the defendant had been watching them.

"They knew Hoffman or Hoffman made himself known to them; he acquainted himself with the family whether they knew he was acquainting himself with them or not," Barber said.

Authorities first questioned Hoffman on Thursday, the day after Herrmann failed to show up for work at Dairy Queen. Police found him sitting in his car near a bike trail opposite property owned by Kenyon College, near where Herrmann's pickup truck was found, Barber said.

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