Monday, November 15, 2010

Only Daughter Found Alive in Ohio Family

A 13-year-old Ohio girl who was reported missing along with her two members of family and a friend last week was found alive Sunday in a home 10 miles from where she was last seen.
A SWAT team found Sarah Maynard in the basement of 30-year-old Matthew Hoffman's Mount Vernon, Ohio home, Knox County Sheriff David Barber said at a news conference Sunday.
Barber said Sarah was bound and gagged but alive.
"We were hopeful of finding more than one" of the missing people in Hoffman's house, Barber said Sunday. "But the information we had was that Sarah would definitely be found in that house."
Barber said Sarah is currently in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. She has been interviewed but the details were not released.
Authorities arrested Hoffman on kidnapping charges. Additional charges are expected to be filed and a court hearing is set for today.
Police believe Sarah was "under Hoffman's control" since her disappearance last Wednesday.
But there's still no sign of her 10-year-old brother Kody, their mother, 32-year-old Tina Hermann, and friend 41-year-old Stephanie Sprang.

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