Extortionist demanding $1M murdered unconnected Alberta man to prove he meant business, Crown suggests
One day after a Medicine Hat, Alta., man received a letter that demanded $1 million and included a vow that somebody would be murdered to prove the seriousness of the threat, a random victim was fatally stabbed in the city, a jury heard Wednesday.
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Robert Hoefman is charged with the 2017 murder of James Satre of Medicine Hat and the extortion of another man
Posted: Mar 03, 2021 3:25 PM MT | Last Updated: March 9
Prosecutors say James Satre, 63, of Medicine Hat, Alta., pictured here, was murdered as part of a plot to prove a letter demanding $1 million from another Medicine Hat man was serious. Robert Hoefman is on trial for first-degree murder and extortion.(Saamis Memorial)
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