As police pieced together the final hours of the missing, they found evidence which led to the home of tree surgeon Matthew Hoffman.
Now a new two-part documentary The Basement: a Vanishing in Apple Valley, airing on Channel 5 on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 April, recounts the true story behind the disappearance, how the victims were found and the man dubbed “The Leaf Killer” who was responsible.
Calls to the family home went unanswered and so she alerted the police.
There she found blood in the bath and sinks, oil on the carpet and furniture smashed so she called the police.
However, Ms Hermann returned shortly afterwards with her son 11-year-old Kody Maynard and a friend Stephanie Sprang.
Kody Maynard, Tina Herrmann and Stephanie Sprang (l-r) (Photo: First Look TV/Channel 5)
He also kidnapped a 13-year-old girl and took her and the three bodies to his home in in Clinton Township, south of Mount Vernon.
Placing the remains in rubbish bags, he drove to Kokosing Lake Wildlife Area near Fredericktown, north of Mount Vernon and hid them inside a hollowed out tree.
A review of Walmart’s security footage revealed the man who purchased the items was unemployed tree surgeon Hoffman.
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The walls of some of the other rooms, including the bathroom, were also lined with bags of leaves. Officers discovered two dead squirrels in the freezer.
Four days later on 18 November, Hoffman disclosed where he had hidden the remains of the three victims on the understanding officers would not harm the tree.
Where is Matthew Hoffman now?
Hoffman was charged in January 2011 with the murder of Tina Herrmann, her son Kody Maynard and her friend Stephanie Sprang during a burglary on 10 November 2010.
He pleaded guilty to 10 counts in total, including aggravated murder, burglary, kidnapping and rape at a court in Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Hoffman had previous convictions for arson and burglary and had served a six-year prison sentence in Colorado.
Prosecutors did not pursue a death sentence for Hoffman, at the request of the victims’ families.
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