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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Anchorage woman has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for orchestrating the death of a developmentally disabled woman in a murder-for-hire plot, hoping to cash in on a $9 million offer from a Midwestern man purporting to be a millionaire.
Denali Brehmer was tricked by a man posing as a millionaire into organising the killing of Cynthia Hoffman in 2019
Denali Dakota Skye Brehmer, 23, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in February 2023.
Alaskan woman Denali Brehmer has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for first-degree murder of 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman, who was duct-taped and shot in the back.
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