IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA “THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE STATE OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, DARIN MITCHELL SCHILMILLER DOB: 06/03/1998 IDMY NO. ATN: 112162743, DENALI DAKOTA SKYE BREHMER 11 | DoB: 08/09/2000 12 | DMV No.: 7681488 AK. 43 | ATN: 117293895, 44 | KAYDEN BRYAN MCINTOSH ‘DOB: 04/20/2003, 16 | DMV No. ATW: 317215721 as, Criminal Division (CALEB ALLEN RUSSELL LEYLAND DOB: 11/10/1999) DMV NO. 7676350 AK |ATN: 117293904. Tavenchoragdatalthag Department Pane: (907 269.630 ORS JANE DOE 06022019 | 22 Ios: DMV NO, | 24 | ATN: 112162761 26 | onde mehr taisoarpsenS20, Anchage, AK 901 Seownat 260-0000 Fa 0 Iavanchorgsan as, Departsnt of Law, Criminal Division woes JOHN DOE 06022019 Don: SII DMV NO. | |ATN: 112162752 Defendant No. SAN-I9-05956CR (Daria Mitchell Seber) No, 3AN-19-05725CR (Denali Dakota Skye Brehmet) INo.3AN-19-05611CR (Kayden Bryan Melntosh) No. 3AN-19-0S768CR (Caleb Alles: Russell Leyland) No. 3AN-I9-05970CR (Fane Doe.06022019) No. 3AN-19:05967CR (John Doe 06022019) BAIL MEMORANDUM The State of Alaska, through Assistant District Attomey Patrick J. McKay, Jt. files this bai! memorandum to assist the court in seting appropriste'bail and eondltions of release in an. arrest warrant for Defendant Darin Schilmiller in the above-captioned 1. FACTS ‘This matter involves the planaing and premeditated murder of 19-year-old Cynthia Hoftinan by a group of five young individuals after being “catfishea” and solicited by 21- year-old Darin Schilmiller of New Salisbury, Indiana. Based in interviews and a review of internet communications investigators Jdetermined, Defendant Denali Brehmer AKA “Angel” met and began an online elaionship with a man going by the name of “Tylee” from Kansas within the past several months. “Tyler” sent Brehmer a photograph of another young male purporting the photograph to be of himself. "Tyler” also convinced Brehimer that he was a millionaire. smut te fsscaaian etait rose 2-007‘This practice of assuming a fake identity to engage in online relationships is 2 practice ‘commonly referred to as “eatfishin ‘The investigation further established that unbeknownst to Bremer at the time, “Tyler” is aetwally 21-year-old Darin Schilmiller of New Salisbury, Indiana, He does not ook like the young man he portrayed himself to look like, he is not a millionaire, and he Tives in Indiana, Imerviews and recovered cell phone evidence reveals that during the couse of Schilmilfer’s and Brebmer’s relationship, and several weeks before Hoffman's murder, tho twa began discussing a plan to rape and murder someone in Alaska, Schilmiller lffered Brehmer nine or more million dollars fo carry out the murder and to have photographs and/or videos of the murder sent to him. Brehmer agreed to commit a murder for him. Statements from all six defendants indicate that Brehmer then solicited four friends, including 19-year-old Caleb Leyland, 16-year old Kayden Metniosh and 1wo other juveniles to assist her in planning and canying out the murder at Schilmilter’s direction, ‘Statements and cell phone evidence further indicates that al some point during May 2019 or eatly June 2019, the group assembled and discussed a plaa to carty out the murder. The clefendants stated that they agreed that each member of the group would receive substantial shares of money for their part of the planning and execution of the murder. Cynthia Hoffman, who was allegedly “best friends” with Brehmer, was selected by the group as the murder victim. Caleb Leyland provided Brehmer and Melntosh his vehicle to pick up Hoffman on June 2, 2019, and carey out the murder According 4 multiple statements and other corroborating physical evidence, Brehmer drove Melntosh and Hoffman out to Thunderbird Falls under the guise of going ‘on a hike on June 2, 2019. The three of them went off wail and followed a path along the bank of the Eklutna River, The group stopped at a clearing and Hoffman's hands and fect were bound with duet tape, Duct tape was also wrapped around her head, covering her dense me 9.8