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Alaska Woman Receives 99-Year Sentence in Murder-for-Hire Plot

Denali Brehmer was sentenced for the murder of Cynthia Hoffman, orchestrated by a catfisher offering $9 million for the crime.

  • Denali Brehmer was sentenced to 99 years for the murder-for-hire killing of Cynthia Hoffman in Alaska.
  • The murder was part of a scheme by Darin Schilmiller, who catfished Brehmer, offering $9 million for the crime.
  • Brehmer and accomplices lured Hoffman on a hike, where she was killed.
  • Schilmiller and Brehmer also pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to produce child pornography.
  • Other accomplices, including Kayden McIntosh and Caleb Leyland, face trials and sentencing.
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