The Most BIZARRE Crime Scene Police Had Ever Seen

Sep 23, 2025
When Dairy Queen manager Valerie Haythorn called police about her missing employee, she had no idea she was about to uncover one of Ohio's most disturbing murder cases. Tina Harrmann, her two children, and best friend Stephanie Sprang had vanished without a trace, leaving behind a house covered in blood and a mystery that would baffle investigators.
The breakthrough came from an unlikely source: a Walmart receipt found at the crime scene. This single piece of evidence led police to Matthew Hoffman, a man whose home was filled with thousands of leaves and harbored an unimaginable secret in his basement. What investigators found there would change everything and reveal the horrifying truth about what happened to this family.
This case showcases the incredible detective work that solved an seemingly impossible crime, the psychological interrogation techniques that finally broke a killer's silence, and the miraculous survival of one young girl who lived to tell her story.

Timestamps
0:03 — The 911 call: “She didn’t show up for work.”
11:11 —alibi's; the Walmart bag & receipt are found.
13:44 — SWAT finds the 13-year-old alive in Hoffman’s basement.
19:13 — Interrogation pivot: Detective Cadieux’s psychology-first approach.
38:14 — The beech tree recovery and Hoffman’s ultimate sentence.