Matthew J. Hoffman (born November 1, 1980)[1] is an American convicted murderer known for killing three people (32-year-old Tina Herrmann, her 11-year-old son Kody Maynard, and her 41-year-old friend Stephanie Sprang), as well as kidnapping and raping Sarah Maynard, Herrmann's 13-year-old daughter, over the course of four days. The triple murders took place in Howard, Ohio. Police traced purchases for tarps found at the scene to a local Walmart that led them to Hoffman.

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