Teen Sentenced for Killing 'Best Friend' After Man Online Offered $9M for Videos of Murder
Denali Brehmer, left, and Cynthia Hoffman.Photo:Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News/AP; Family Photo Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News/AP; Family Photo Denali Brehmer, now 24, pleaded guilty to murder in 2023, admitting to her involvement in killing Cynthia Hoffman, the Alaska Department of Law said. In June 2019, Hoffman went missing while on a hike with Brehmer and another friend at Thunderbird Falls in Chugiak, Alaska. Two days later, her body was found on the banks of the Eklutna River, bound with duct tape and with a gunshot wound to the back of her head....