<span class="mw-page-title-main">Murder of Rachel Hoffman</span>

Murder of Rachel Hoffman

<p><b>Rachel Morningstar Hoffman</b> (December 17, 1984 <span>–</span> May 7, 2008)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> was a 23-year-old <a href="/en/Florida_State_University" title="Florida State University" class="wl">Florida State University</a> graduate who was murdered while acting as a <a href="/en/Police_informant" title="Police informant" class="mw-redirect wl">police informant</a> in a botched drug <a href="/en/Sting_operation" title="Sting operation" class="wl">sting</a> that started on May 7, 2008. Her body was recovered two days later near <a href="/en/Perry,_Florida" title="Perry, Florida" class="wl">Perry, Florida</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Rachel M. Hoffman, Born, Died, Body discovere...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox biography vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline">Rachel M. Hoffman</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Rachel Morningstar Hoffman</div><br>December 17, 1984</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 7, 2008<span style="display:none">(2008-05-07)</span> (aged<span>&nbsp;</span>23)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/en/Florida" title="Florida" class="wl">Florida</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Body discovered</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Perry,_Florida" title="Perry, Florida" class="wl">Perry, Florida</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">American</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/en/College_Student" title="College Student" class="mw-redirect wl">College Student</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

