Darin Schilmiller pleaded guilty to one count of solicitation to commit murder in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman at Thunderbird Falls.
Darin Schilmiller appears in state court in Anchorage in August 2019 on charges of murder in the death of Cynthia Hoffman. (Loren Holmes/ADNmastermind behind an elaborate plot to kill an Anchorage teenagerDarin Schilmiller, now 25, had posed as a millionaire and started an online relationship with then 18-year-old Denali Brehmer and directed her to kill 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman, according toBrehmer pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in February and is scheduled to be sentenced this month.
Schilmiller had promised to pay Brehmer $9 million or more to carry out a killing, the bail memorandum said. She recruited thento plan Hoffman’s death, according to the memorandum. Authorities did not publicly identify two of the teens because they were charged in the juvenile justice system. Hoffman had a developmental disability and described Brehmer as her best friend, her family said at the time.in Chugiak and bound her with duct tape before shooting her in the back of the head and dumping her body into the Eklutna River, the memorandum said. Schilmiller had requested photos and videos of the killing, which Brehmer sent to him on Snapchat, according to the memorandum.
While investigating the killing, police found child pornography on Brehmer’s phone, according to an affidavit written by an FBI agent. She told investigators during an interview that Schilmiller had directed her to sexually assault two minors and send explicit videos to him, the affidavit said.
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