A 22-year-old Alaska woman pleaded guilty to murdering her 19-year-old “best friend” in 2019 after a man who was allegedly catfishing her offered her $9 million to kill someone.
On Wednesday, Denali Brehmer of Anchorage pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, according to a statement from the Alaska Department of Law.
Brehmer agreed to plead guilty to murdering Cynthia Hoffman, 19, a teen with developmental disabilities, in exchange for having five other charges against her dropped, KTUU reports.
“She was charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, two different theories of murder in the second degree, and tampering with evidence,” State Prosecutor Patrick McKay said, KTUU reports.
The charges stemmed from June 2019, when Hoffman went missing during a hike with Brehmer and another friend at Thunderbird Falls in Chugiak, Alaska.
Her body was found two days later on the banks of the Eklutna River, bound with duct tape and shot in the back of the head.
During their investigation, authorities learned that Brehmer had started an online relationship with a man who said his name was “Tyler” and who claimed he was a millionaire from Kansas, charging documents show.
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