MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – Authorities say a man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl found bound and gagged in a basement may have been watching her family beforehand.
Knox County Sheriff David Barber says Matthew J. Hoffman even sat nearby last week as police recovered the missing family's truck in central Ohio.
Now, investigators acknowledge hope is dimming that the girl's mother, brother and family friend will be found alive nearly a week after they were reported missing.
Police rescued 13-year-old Sarah Maynard from the basement of Hoffman's home on Sunday. They're still searching for her mother, Tina Herrmann; her 10-year-old brother, Kody Maynard; and a family 41-year-old friend, Stephanie Sprang.
Hoffman has been charged with one count of kidnapping and is scheduled to appear via video from jail for a bond hearing Tuesday. The sheriff says he does not yet have a lawyer.
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