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Apr 2022
1h 20m

Matthew Hoffman AKA The Leaf Killer

Morbid Network | Wondery
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Matthew John Hoffman was a strange guy. He was in a constant flux of being a quiet, yet unassuming guy to then having bouts of strange and off-putting behavior. It was his love of trees that gave him comfort and seemed to keep him settled at times, but on November 9, 2010 he broke into a quiet home in Apple Valley, Ohio, brutally taking the lives of Tina Her ... Show More
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