Suspect purchased tarp, bags

MOUNT VERNON — For the first time in the week-long search for three missing Howard residents, Knox County Sheriff David Barber admitted a receipt was found during the investigation that shows suspect Matthew Hoffman purchased a tarp and trash bags at the Mount Vernon Walmart.

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  • NYC Guy

    Just curious as to why this guy’s mom hasn’t been pressured by the community to go talk to her son and convince him to speak up…

  • my2centsworth

    If trash bags were bought,, he planned on disposal. Does he have a chainsaw? He used to do tree work they said. Could he have dismembered them, bagged them up, put them in a can, dumpster, or even set the bags out at the curb or with other trash?

    If the trashman came early the next morning, they would’ve been taken to the landfill, & gone. Maybe the police could check & see what & when the garbage comp. was in the area?Or even in the close surrounding areas.
    He had a well thought out plan already… looks like thats why theres no leads coming up on the three.

  • searcher

    Trash bags/tarp – i think this guy dismembered them, and threw them into the waterway on township hiway 262 (between mt vernon and gambier)

  • Alumni

    Way to go Barber, keep on contaminating the jury pool you incompetent jerk!

  • c2we

    Can’t we waterboard this guy to get the location of the other missing persons?

  • Tricia

    A neighbor said that Hoffman’s dogs went missing and she believed he had killed them. Animal abuse almost always leads to the abuse of humans. Consider it a red flag, and go to the authorities the minute you suspect someone of abusing an animal.

    • Gracie Hudgins

      Good advice. At least it will be on record.