Ohio sheriff: 3 missing may have been killed

[redirish28]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40193670/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/


MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — It's possible that three people still missing in central Ohio have been killed, a sheriff conceded Monday, a day after the 13-year-old girl who disappeared along with them was rescued from the home of a man later charged with kidnapping.

Authorities still want to remain optimistic that 32-year-old Tina Herrmann, her 10-year-old son, Kody, and Herrmann's friend, 41-year-old Stephanie Sprang, are alive, Knox County Sheriff David Barber said at a news conference.

Investigators searched a lake for signs of the three near a house where 13-year-old Sarah Maynard was found Sunday in the basement and where Matthew J. Hoffman, 30, was arrested. Maynard has been released from a hospital and is staying with relatives, the sheriff said.

"She is a very brave little girl," Barber said. "Under the circumstances, a 13-year-old girl being held captive for four days by a total stranger ... I would call her the epitome of bravery."
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Gawd, that sick jerk.

[Brickbat]

1. Damnitall. Those poor people. I missed the beginning of this story; how were four people kidnapped

at the same time?

[redirish28]

4. infomation is not being released.

They found the 13 year old Sunday

tied up and gagged in the basement of the bastards home. considering how cold it's been I'm amazed she didn't freeze to death down there.


The reports also say a lot of blood in the home of the missing mother...

[Poll_Blind]

2. How do I explain to my sons that there are no monsters save those who wear the masks of men?

:shrug:

:cry:

PB

[MineralMan]

3. I was afraid that might be the case. A very, very sad story.

I don't know how a 13-year-old recovers from something like this. I wish her all the best.

[redirish28]

5. My wife's thoughts exactly. It's enough what he did with her at that home

she was found in. My wife just hopes he didn't kill them in front of the girl.

[redirish28]

6. More info I found in an AP article.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/11/rescued_girls_mother_brother_m.html



Foundation Park, a public park with a lake a few blocks from Hoffman's home, was closed Monday, initially by Mount Vernon police because an officer patrolling overnight had found what he thought was bloody clothing potentially related to the investigation, police Capt. George Hartz said. But tests did not find any human blood on the clothing, he said.

The city reopened the park at midmorning, only to have it closed again a half-hour later by county and state authorities so they could search the lake with a boat equipped with sonar, Hartz said. He did not have other details on the lake search.

Neighbors had said Hoffman frequented the park, which was once a gravel quarry and now has three lakes where people fish. It was difficult Monday to see any police activity through the thick trees bordering the park.

[Dappleganger]

7. My heart is breaking for the parents and their families. nt