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Everett Hofmeister, Jr. Indicted On First Degree Murder ChorqeF.«i«U Hcimtister farmer BonurCcunty PrcnocuCitg AtKruiy. was indicted trdy m a charge of First «r™ Vradur » the flrnrgukttnn doath oo year ago Urn week 0( (IB wife, Jra* Curl**) HofmaUtar It* tojlclmmt w*» hauled der*n Ihn norrerg By a grand piry impwwllnd in Booier Cwsiy in Areil o( lie ycwr to hmr evidetce In tlw murder raw The indKtment tinges tSjit the «*«rar-efd Hefmrsewc battered ant strangled his wife co July It o! last year, and did si with premeditation ant malice afsretbought-.Mrs. Bifmcfilrri flt;Wy was fcund on the mirningof July 'A Vast year In a small fureipi pickup Uiat had apporeuEy railed off me SO-wilder CUIuff Raid hra miles mrtJ. el Sandptiiii. An autopuy latei revealed lhal me wunanhad dwdof slrarsulaceo preceded bj a Up* to the head.No atrtignmeal las beta set for Hef-mnok on U* murder charge, but District Coral Jirige Dar Cogswell aid here mu mranug re eiperled the arraignment to to •cenmir.e rail week. Cogswell si.! a mpra* hi d been mad- to the Idaho SUrecw. OnH la the .pp«ntmec* of atother fte lioa cuuide Ihn tint judesal dsa-lct to hear Uio cornier charge.QigMwU Uii 'e repented that op-nnnim.nt. by Supreme Court Justice Dinaiham. to be made ‘the erst of teat ».ok. Ihi Srpcwme Coutt moves pretty fast on Bailor. Jke Ihrae. siW Cogswell.A rwp»*t wtuM be node mat Hofmeister ar«l h.aeteeney appear tefcre me court, sold Cogswell. No warrant for Hofmeistcr's arrest ■euld be rawed unlew Ir lt;W rot appear at U« maVnmsnt. Ccgswell said.Hifmeiiter, who hid teen prosecuting •ttMmy n bioner Oiintj for six yearstofura la rdiced die pwetien n the fall of IKl dtwlvwd hw partrerstip and clieed his Ingtlme la* practice la Sandpcfnt lale list year. He hw repcrtcdy eahhshed a irwdcw n Spokane and is living there now.The'rdlctmrnl against IfafmeisUer stems tram a lengthy htmlclde Investigation that a year ago. alter the autopsy report mat Mrs Hofmeister had die! o! strangulation, anl cut from ialurici received In the crash of her pickup os had teen Mlgrvillv b-lleied Her hurtond fold officers that Ihe two hud Beta working lale at hone hi some speeches arrl ttat he fell aScep aroutd rnidnlghl as the night she was murdered He Kid mo officers fie awoke about ! am. on! fcoral his *ife gene, It was speculated Qcn that she had HOFMEISTER comin. On r.jlt; mu
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Sandpoint Daily Bee
Sandpoint, Idaho, US
Fri, Jul 18, 1975
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