A Indiana person who caught and controlled the group of Alaska teens in 2019 to killing a vulnerable girl received a sentence of 99 years of jail on Wednesday.
Twenty-five-year-old Darin Schilmiller, 25, from Indiana isn’t eligible to be paroled until he’s served 45 years in prison. Schilmiller was sentenced on August 19 in August to inviting the murder of 19 year-old Cynthia Hoffman.
Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson said he reviewed hundreds of pages of evidence which included Schilmiller’s electronic messages with his co-defendant as well as photographs and videos that the inmates took and police interviews. Schilmiller’s behavior was summarized by the judge as follows:
“This was deliberate, deliberate murder on the job,” Peterson said. “You conspired with your co-defendants to murder someone that you have never met, with no other motive than the excitement of controlling other people and witnessing it being done.”
Peterson said that Schilmiller’s behavior was incomprehensible, shocking and displayed a total lack of humanity, compassion and compassion.
Schilmiller and Schilmiller as well as the Alaskan teens The teen’s crimes did not just pertain to the killing of Hoffman who suffered from an intellectual disability. Schilmiller is awaiting sentence on federal charges of conspiracy to produce the child pornography.
Timothy Hoffman is the victim’s father. Hoffman made two short remarks to Schilmiller while being taken out of the courtroom. Hoffman declared himself an ardent faith-based person who believes of Jesus in forgiveness and faith, but he couldn’t get himself to accept forgiveness in this particular case.
“One down Five to go” the reporter was quoted as saying by referring to other teenagers who were involved.
One of the defendants, Denali Brehmer, now 23 years old, was scheduled to be sentenced this week, however that was postponed and is currently scheduled for mid-February.
A different one, Caleb Leyland, now 24 years old, is scheduled for sentence on June 10. Kayden McIntosh, who is now 20 is awaiting trial. Two others are also within the system of juvenile justice, and isn’t open to the public.
