Ohio Police Find Bodies of Trio Who Disappeared Last Week

ABC ^ | 11/18/10 | Russell Goldman

[freespirited]

The bodies of an Ohio woman, her young son and a family friend have been discovered by police, just miles away from the home where the woman's 13-year-old daughter was bound and gagged in a basement, sources told Ohio media.

More Video Watch: Missing Ohio Woman's Dad Speaks Watch: The Nightmare of Being Kidnapped Watch: Ohio Teen Found, Family Still MissingKnox County Sheriff David Barber is scheduled to hold a news conference at early this evening in which he is expected to announce the bodies of Tina Herrmann, 32, her son Kody Maynard, 10, and Stephanie Sprang, 41 have been recovered in rural Ohio.

Knox County Coroner Jenifer Ogle confirmed the discovery, according to the Mount Vernon News.

A helicopter shot of a wooded area near Apple Valley, Ohio, showed many police vehicles and tarps on the ground.

On Sunday, police found Herrmann's daughter Sarah Maynard in the basement of a rural Mount Vernon, Ohio, home belonging to Matthew Hoffman, a 31-year-old drifter who had recently been released from a Colorado prison after serving a term for arson and burglary

[freespirited]

As feared. My guess is that this perp wanted the 13 year old as a sexual plaything.

[MsLady]

I was afraid of that. This truly makes me heart sick. Can’t imagine what the father is going through.

[null and void]

And no witnesses.

[ColdOne]

Matthew Hoffman, a 31-year-old drifter who had recently been released from a Colorado prison after serving a term for arson and burglary

[OldDeckHand]

They found this poor girl, bound and gagged in his home while he was in it. Now this. If this guy isn't hanged until death by the end of next week, it's a travesty of justice.

However, I'm sure it will be at least a year before it goes to trial (probably much longer). Then, another 15 or more years of state appeals, then federal habeas appeals. Perhaps in 20-25 years, justice will be meted out. How is that "fair"?

[Iron Munro]

What tragic news.
It was too much to think they were still alive but there was a chance.
Hope there is some trace evidence so they can nail the murdering slimeball.

[Godwin1]

“....who had recently been released from a Colorado prison.....”
Whatever this guy’s sentence/prison term was, it was too short to protect these poor innocent people. Arson is among the most serious of crimes since it always endangers the lives of others. Someone who commits arson should spend the rest of his life locked up.

[pepperdog]

This is terribly sad, but it is some comfort that they were found. Does anyone here remember the sad story of the lady kidnapped from Walmart and never found. Her sister was a freeper and put out the first info on her disappearance here, ultimately it was mentioned on the MSM and the abduction was caught on a Walmart cam. I think of that poor family often.

[DarthVader]

This looks like a premeditated and planned act to abduct the little girl. She is lucky and likely would have ended up murdered too. He is a cold blooded monster who may get ventilated in prison by his fellow inmates long before he gets the state’s justice.

[Charlespg]

that reminded of the dail dinwiddie case

[Charlespg]

that reminded of the dail dinwiddie case

[ProtectOurFreedom]

He’ll rot in death row for 30 years, then the Ohio Supreme Court will decide that the method of execution is “cruel and unusual” or “not proven” or some such. Just like happened here in California recently when the idiots on the bench decided the execution “cocktail” for a 30 year death row inmate was “unsafe.”

[freespirited]

Agreed. The solution to the injustice of our liberal-dominated courts is to put these people in general population. Then let human nature take its course.