A US lady who killed her “greatest buddy” in 2019 after allegedly being catfished by a person who supplied her $9 million to commit the homicide is talking out about what led thus far. Denali Brehmer, now 23, shot and killed her so-called greatest buddy Cynthia Hoffman, 19, after forming an internet relationship with a person who satisfied her he was wealthy and keen to pay her $9 million to homicide an individual of her selecting. She was convicted earlier this 12 months and sentenced to 99 years in jail for the 2019 homicide, the Alaska Department of Law introduced.
According to authorities, Denali Brehmer carried out the killing after Darin Schilmiller, a 21-year-old Indiana man dwelling in his grandparents’ basement, catfished her on-line and “solicited the homicide of Hoffman from Brehmer in Anchorage”. Brehmer enlisted different buddies too into the plot after which in June 2019, they carried out the homicide of the 19-year-old. Ms Hoffman’s demise was captured in images and movies that have been despatched again to the person on Snapchat as proof. In 2023, Brehmer pleaded responsible to first-degree homicide. Her buddies – Kayden McIntosh and Caleb Leyland – have been additionally charged within the homicide.
Now, within the newest episode of Court TV’s ‘Interview With a Killer’, Brehmer opened up in regards to the incident publically for the primary time. “I’ve already admitted guilt so now I’m prepared to completely take duty for what I’ve carried out,” she stated within the interview which aired on Sunday, per People Magazine.
Speaking to the hosts, Brehmer acknowledged that the homicide was considerably premeditated, however she additionally blamed it on panic. She additionally stated that she agreed to commit the crime as a result of she was mad at Ms Hoffman as a result of they’d gotten right into a battle over a boy.
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Mr Brehmer stated that Thunderbird Falls, the place she, Leyland and McIntosh took Ms Hoffman climbing the day she was murdered, was merely “a spot of alternative” for them to hold out the killing. “Initially, once we all got here up with it, I agreed and stated yeah as a result of I used to be mad at her and he or she was mad at me and I used to be simply over her s***,” Brehmer stated within the interview in regards to the battle they’d over a boy named Zack. “I wished to make amends, I did need to make amends however she wanted payback for what she did with Zack,” she stated.
When requested within the documentary if she deserved payback along with her life, Brehmer stated, “no,” including “That’s on me.”
Brehmer was ultimately arrested, and as soon as she realized she had been catfished or tricked by Darin Schilmiller she instructed authorities that she had been solicited by him. She was given the utmost sentence for her position within the killing. Schilmiller, who posed as “Tyler” on-line, was additionally sentenced to 99 years in jail for his position within the homicide. He admitted to federal agent that he selected Ms Hoffman because the sufferer after studying in regards to the battle between the 2 buddies.