Hide Article Text (OCR)
Suspect ChargedNORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. (UPI)~A high school dropout released only three .weeks ago from a mental hospital was charged with capital murder Sunday in the slaughter at. Shell Lake, Sask., of nine members of a. farm iamijy.Victor Ernest Hoffman, 21. faces mandatory death by hanging if convicted.Hoffman' eldest of three children of a farm family, lives near Leask, Sask., about 25 miles southeast of the farm which was the scene of last Monday's massacre, of which there was but one survivor.It was not learned whether Hoffman knew any of the victims before the slayings,-However, friends of the Hoffman family said Hoffman, who dropped out of high school after ninth grade, had been a patient in the Saskatchewan Provincial Hospital, a mental institution in North Battleford, for about seven weeks until his release three weeks ago. Friends said he had been under treatment for ‘'emotional problems.”Persons close to the family said Hoffman “stayed to himself,” was ”nol overly friendly” and was “sort of a loner.”Other friends said Hoffman was a member of a 4 * very good church going family” and Hnff-• 2- '• . v xi* ftVICTOR E. HOFFMAN... murder suspectman’s father just cumpleted a ■ term as councilman of the Luth- ’• eran Church at Leask. ■ 1The Royal Canadian Mounted f Police announced the arrest Sat- J urday night but withheld the i suspect’s identity until Sunday.*
Newspaper Details
Pasadena Independent
Pasadena, California, US
Mon, Aug 21, 1967
Page 15
Full Page
Clipped by
Breanna M.
CA 23 Mar 2017
Other Publications Near Pasadena, California
Independent
Independent Topics
Pasadena Topics
Pasadena Independent Topics
Star News
