Father of 19-Year-Old Killed by Best Friend for $9 Million: ‘My Daughter Trusted These People’

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6/20/2019|Updated: 6/20/2019

The father of a 19-year-old Alaska teen who was killed for money by her best friend spoke at the suspect’s trial on June 19 about his daughter.

“The only thing I know is that my daughter trusted these people, my daughter just wanted friends,” the teen’s father, Timothy Hoffman said, according to CBS News.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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