KODY MAYNARD - Aged 11 years (RIP) & SARAH MAYNARD - Aged 13 years (ALIVE) - Howard, Ohio (USA)

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:10 am

KODY A MAYNARD

Case Type: Endangered Missing
DOB: Sep 16, 1999
Sex: Male
Missing Date: Nov 10, 2010
Age Now: 11
Missing City: HOWARD
Missing State : OH
Missing Country: United States
Race: White
Height: 4'10" (147 cm)
Weight: 70 lbs (32 kg)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel

Case Number: NCMC1160086

Circumstances: Kody and Sarah were last seen November 10, 2010. They may be in the company Tina Hermann and Stephanie Sprang.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&LanguageCountry=en_US&searchLang=en_US&caseLang=en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC&caseNum=1160086&seqNum=1

SARAH M MAYNARD

Case Type: Endangered Missing
DOB: Apr 1, 1997
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Nov 10, 2010
Age Now: 13
Missing City: HOWARD
Missing State : OH
Missing Country: United States
Race: White
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
Weight: 90 lbs (41 kg)
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Green

Case Number: NCMC1160086

Circumstances: Kody and Sarah were last seen November 10, 2010. They may be in the company Tina Hermann and Stephanie Sprang.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1160086&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=2&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:13 am

Kody Maynard & Sarah Maynard

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Missing since 10 November 2010.

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:17 am

It is believed that both children are in the company of Tina Hermann and Stephanie Sprang. both pictured below.

KODY MAYNARD - Aged 11 years (RIP) & SARAH MAYNARD - Aged 13 years (ALIVE) - Howard, Ohio (USA) Th10

Tina Hermann

KODY MAYNARD - Aged 11 years (RIP) & SARAH MAYNARD - Aged 13 years (ALIVE) - Howard, Ohio (USA) Ss21

Stephanie Sprang

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:09 am

The Associated Press

11 November 2010

Sheriff: Blood found in missing Ohio woman's home

Blood was found in the home of a missing woman and her two children, whose disappearance along with her friend led to a lockdown at a college near where her pickup truck was spotted, a sheriff said Friday.

Investigators were interpreting the blood as a sign someone was injured but still considered the case a missing-persons report, Knox County Sheriff David Barber said.

Authorities were searching for 32-year-old Tina Herrmann, her 13-year-old daughter, Sarah Maynard, her 10-year-old son, Kody Maynard, and a 41-year-old friend, Stephanie Sprang. Sarah Maynard is a seventh-grader at East Knox Middle School, where her brother is in the fifth grade, school officials said. The children were at school Wednesday.

Herrmann and Sprang apparently had been looking at an apartment for Herrmann, said Greg Borders, who said he and Herrmann had recently ended a six-year relationship but still were living in the same house.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g1bqBqfjs8b3ewag-VmsIub6BS8w?docId=fcf0d9db5768443888f9bdd17e050ee7

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:15 am

Columbus Dispatch

11 November 2010

4 people missing in Knox County; foul play suspected

Law-enforcement officials were searching a house last night in Knox County, and nearby Kenyon College had locked down its campus, because four people who have been reported missing are thought to be victims of foul play.

Deputies with the Knox County sheriff's office, along with agents for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, descended on the home at 481 King Beach Dr. last night.

The house is in the Apple Valley area of Howard Township. Kenyon College is about 7 miles away.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/11/11/4-missing-in-knox-county.html?sid=101

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:17 am

Examiner

12 November 2010

FBI and BCI called in on missing Ohio family case‎

http://www.examiner.com/trumbull-county-conservative-in-youngstown/fbi-and-bci-called-on-missing-ohio-family-case

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:18 am

Newser

13 November 2010

Friends and neighbors join Ohio authorities in search for missing mother, friend, 2 children

http://www.newser.com/article/d9jfaud80/friends-and-neighbors-join-ohio-authorities-in-search-for-missing-mother-friend-2-children.html

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:20 am

istockAnalyst.com (press release)

13 November 2010

Blood found at Knox County home was 'unusual amount'‎

HOWARD, Ohio -- A swarm of investigators on foot, all-terrain vehicles and in airplanes are scouring the Knox County countryside that lies between the homes of two missing women as the search for them intensifies today.

The homes of 41-year-old Stephanie Sprang and her friend, 32-year-old Tina Herrmann are just around the corner from each other. Both have been missing since Wednesday. Also missing are Herrmann's two children, 13-year-old Sarah Maynard and 10-year-old Kody Maynard.

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4666389

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:21 am

Columbus Dispatch

14 November 2010

Officials hope for lead as search for 4 goes on‎

At midday yesterday, Knox County Sheriff David Barber still seemed hopeful that four people missing since Wednesday would be found alive.

“We are asking people to keep a guarded but optimistic attitude about how this case is going to unfold,” he said. “We still hope for a positive outcome.”

But as the sun began to set on the scene where investigators were swarming in the hills and woods of the rural countryside and the Howard Township homes of the missing, Barber had a slightly different tone.

“When you’ve been in the business long enough, you know what the possibilities are,” Barber said. “You want the families to have hope, but you have to be realistic. The longer this goes on, well, you know.”

In cases such as this, every minute can be a game-changer.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/11/14/officials-hope-for-lead-as-search-for-4-goes-on.html?sid=101

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:23 am

The Associated Press

14 November 2010

Ohio town awaits word on 2 missing women, 2 kids‎

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jR74J1Mkr9USf95XYoO3bBIZJaIQ?docId=4c1f1beb82d14a34a0b01f8ff01c2be9

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:27 am

* Sarah M Maynard has been found safe and well!!!!

10TV

14 November 2010

Missing Girl Found Safe; 1 In Custody‎

A 13-year-old girl who was missing with three other people was found safe on Sunday morning.

Sarah Maynard was last seen on Wednesday. Sources told 10TV News that the girl was found safe inside a Columbus Road home in Mount Vernon.

Maynard was taken to Knox Community Hospital for evaluation, 10TV News reported.

One person was taken into custody. No other details were available.

Her brother, Kody Maynard, 11, was still missing, along with their mother, Tina Herrmann, 32. A family friend, Stephanie Sprang, 41, was also missing.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2010/11/14/story-mount-vernon-ohio-missing-girl-found.html?sid=102

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:29 am

Toronto Sun

14 November 2010

One of 4 people in missing family case found‎

One member of an Ohio family who mysteriously vanished last week was found safe on Sunday morning, it is reported.

Sarah Maynard, 13, was found in a Mount Vernon home and was taken to hospital for evaluation, said Ohio's 10TV News.

One person was taken into custody.

Meanwhile, police and community members are searching for the remainder of the family.

The disappearance of a mother, her two children and a friend, took a twist when an unusual amount of blood was discovered at the family home, the Montgomery County Courier reported Sunday.

“It isn’t from someone stubbing their toe or cutting their finger, you know, or peeling an apple or something like that," Knox County Sheriff David Barber said during a press conference.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/11/14/16135691.html

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:32 am

Columbus Dispatch

14 November 2010

Knox County deputies reportedly remove body from home near Mount Vernon

Knox County deputies have closed Columbus Road near Mount Vernon as part of an investigation at a house on that street.

A neighbor said a man who lived at 49 Columbus Rd. was taken out of the house in handcuffs about 8 this morning. A body also was removed, Donna Davis said.

Davis and the residents of three or four other houses have been told to stay within a police perimeter while the search at 49 Columbus continues, she said.

Matthew J. Hoffman, 30, owns the house at 49 Columbus Rd. in Clinton Township, according to the Knox County auditor's website.

Another neighbor said the FBI questioned residents this morning about when they had last seen Hoffman, what kind of car he drove and whether they had noticed anything unusual about his behavior.

At 10:30 a.m., a sheriff's spokesman would not give any details or say whether the investigation is related to the four people missing since Wednesday.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/11/14/14-knox.html?sid=101

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:35 am

NBC 4 i

14 November 2010

1 Person Found Inside Mount Vernon Home; 1 Taken Into Custody

Authorities have moved in on a home in the 40 block of Columbus Road, just south of Mount Vernon.

The Mount Vernon News reports law enforcement officers forced entry into the home around 7:45 a.m.

Neighbors at the scene tell NBC 4 a man by the name of Matt Hoffman was taken into custody from the home. Moments later, a young girl was brought out from the home on a gurney, covered and taken by ambulance to a local hospital.

One of the neighbors who participated in Saturday's search party tells NBC 4's Patrick Preston the uncle of Tina Herrmann told her 13-year-old Sarah has been found and is being life-flighted to Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Another neighbor tells NBC 4 they saw a body bag being taken from the home.

Authorities have not confirmed any details and have not confirmed whether or not the crime scene is connected to the disappearance of Tina Herrmann, Sarah Maynard, Kody Maynard and Stephanie Sprang from Apple Valley on Wednesday.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) is currently on scene.

The Mount Vernon News also reports the Knox County Coroner, Jennifer Ogle, has not been called to the scene.

Knox County Sheriff still plans to meet with media in a press conference at 2 p.m.

http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/nov/14/6/1-person-found-inside-mount-vernon-home-1-taken-cu-ar-290645/

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:54 am

Dayton Daily News

14 November 2010

Sheriff: No body found in Ohio missing family case‎

A sheriff in central Ohio says reports that a body bag was removed from a home where a man was arrested in a missing persons case are "absolutely false."

Knox County Sheriff David Barber says 13-year-old Sarah Maynard was found bound and gagged at the home in Mount Vernon, about 10 miles from her house in Howard. Her mother, brother and a friend of the mother are still missing.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/sheriff-no-body-found-in-ohio-missing-family-case-1003490.html

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:56 am

Washington Post

14 November 2010

Girl found, arrest made in Ohio case of 4 missing‎

A 13-year-old girl who went missing with her mother, brother and a friend was found bound and gagged Sunday in the basement of a man's home about 10 miles from her house, authorities said.

Knox County Sheriff David Barber said Sarah Maynard's mother, Tina Herrmann, is still missing, along with her 10-year-old brother, Kody, and her mother's 41-year-old friend Stephanie Sprang.

Barber said 30-year-old Matthew Hoffman was arrested on one count of kidnapping at his home in Mount Vernon, about 40 miles north of Columbus, and that more charges are expected. He said reports from neighbors that a body bag had been taken from the home are false.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/14/AR2010111401047.html

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:58 am

CNN International

14 November 2010

Ohio teen found; whereabouts of brother, mom, friend unknown‎

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/14/ohio.family.missing/

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:01 am

Sydney Morning Herald

15 November 2010

Teen found bound and gagged, but mother, brother and friend still missing

http://www.smh.com.au/world/teen-found-bound-and-gagged-but-mother-brother-and-friend-still-missing-20101115-17t51.html

**pam supportfromireland** Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:17 pm

my goodness, this sounds terribly scary !

**Twiglet** Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:25 pm

CNN International

15 November 2010

Search for missing trio continues after teen girl is found‎

Relatives and friends of a missing Ohio woman will gather Monday morning to resume their search for her, her son and her friend.

On Sunday, the woman's 13-year-old daughter was found gagged and bound in the basement of a Mount Vernon, Ohio, home.

But the 32-year-old woman, Tina Herrmann, remains missing, along with her 10-year-old son, Kody Maynard, and her 41-year-old friend Stephanie Sprang.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/15/ohio.family.missing/

**Twiglet** Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:28 am

Mount Vernon

15 November 2010

MV man charged with kidnapping‎

http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/10/11/15/mv-man-charged-with-kidnapping

**Twiglet** Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:30 am

CBS News

15 November 2010

Missing Ohio Girl Sarah Maynard Found; Police Search Park‎

Police on Monday blocked off a park a few blocks away from the home where Ohio teenager Sarah Maynard was found bound and gagged over the weekend.

Police apparently found items in Foundation Park in Mount Vernon, Ohio that may be connected to the 13-year-old girl and the three other people who went missing Wednesday.

Matthew Hoffman, 30, was taken into custody inside the home where Sarah was found and charged with one count of kidnapping, investigators said. Additional charges against him were possible.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20022800-504083.html

**Twiglet** Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:33 am

10TV

15 November 2010

Sheriff: 3 Missing People Could Be Dead‎

The Knox County sheriff announced on Monday that a special tip line was established for information about three people who have been missing since last week.

Sheriff David Barber said that authorities want to remain optimistic that Tina Herrmann, 32; her son, Kody, 11; and a friend, Stephanie Sprang, 41, are alive.

Barber added that "there is a possibility" that the three were killed.

His comments were made one day after a 13-year-old girl who was also missing was found alive, bound and gagged in the basement of a Mount Vernon home.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2010/11/15/story-mount-vernon-missing-family-investigation.html?sid=102

**Twiglet** Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:35 am

Third Age

15 November 2010

Matthew Hoffman: Suspect in Missing Ohio Family Has Criminal Past‎

Matthew Hoffman, the Ohio man suspected in kidnapping 13-year-old Sarah Maynard, served a Colorado prison term for arson and burglary he committed in Steamboat Springs.

Hoffman was convicted in 2001 of arson, assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft in Routt County, according to Colorado Bureau of Investigation records.

His connection to the missing Ohio family is still unknown, though a sheriff has recently updated their status, saying that "there is a possibility" that three people still missing in central Ohio have been killed.

http://www.thirdage.com/news/matthew-hoffman-suspect-missing-ohio-family-has-criminal-past_11-15-2010

**Twiglet** Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:37 am

Associated Content

15 November 2010

Sarah Maynard is "Epitome of Bravery"‎

...."Very helpful. She is a very brave little girl," said Barber. "A 13-year old little girl being held against her will...she's the epitome of bravery."

Sarah Maynard was held captive and under Hoffman's control from sometime Wednesday evening until officers raided the Columbus Road home at 8:00 am Sunday morning.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6013462/sarah_maynard_is_epitome_of_bravery.html

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