MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — A man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and suspected in the disappearance of her mother, brother and a family friend was scheduled to be in court on Tuesday, as investigators dug deeper into his past.
Hoffman, 30, was charged with kidnapping and raping Sarah Maynard. The 13-year-old was removed from Hoffman's Columbus Road home after authorities swarmed the location on Sunday morning.
Knox County Sheriff David Barber said that Maynard was released from a hospital and was at home with family members.
Investigators did not elaborate what led them to Hoffman's home but his parents have a house on Apple Valley Drive in nearby Howard, Ohio, the same street where Maynard disappeared, along with her brother, Kody Maynard, 11, mother Tina Herrmann, 32, and family friend Stephanie Sprang, 41, 10TV News reported.
Hoffman's mother said her son occasionally had mail sent to her address but he has not lived at her home in two years.
She described her son as a "loner" and that she last saw him on Nov. 7, four days before investigators believe he abducted Maynard.
Hoffman was convicted in 2000 of setting fire to a Colorado condo complex that forced 16 people to be evacuated, 10 Investigates' Paul Aker reported.
Investigators said he used 10 gallons of gasoline to set fire to the Steamboat Springs building in an effort to cover up a burglary he committed there.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison, where he was disciplined for refusing to work, damaging property and assault, Aker reported.
After being released from prison he came to Knox County in 2007 and was able to obtain a $30,000 mortgage but it was unclear how he paid the bills.
While on parole, Hoffman was ordered to make payments for the $2 million in damage to the condos, but records showed he only paid about $5,000.
State records showed Hoffman was on parole supervision until October, Aker reported.
Hoffman's neighbors said that he moved into the five-bedroom home about a year ago. They said that he lived alone and had a history of strange behavior that made them uncomfortable.
"At first, (Hoffman) seemed like he was OK," said Donna Davis, his next door neighbor. "Then, I started making my kids come in when he was outside."
Davis told 10TV's Glenn McEntyre that initially, Hoffman seemed more odd than menacing.
"He was a weirdo," Davis said. "If you look back here in the tree, there's a hammock where he would sit and watch people. He's just different. He would always walk over to the gravel pit with bags and sometimes not bring them back. Sometimes he would."
The former gravel pit that Davis mentioned is now known as Foundation Park, a few blocks from Hoffman's home, and was the site of an extensive search on Monday.
No comment from David Duke, on yet another terrorist offensive, on gentiles.
Talmudic law enforcement investigators, have concealed the sexual assault on the kidnapped 14 year girl, due to blood kindred with the suspect, and to ensure their tribe's ritual terrorist offensive on gentiles, is concealed from public knowledge.
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