Police testimony details items on seized computer Poll Too strict A Medicine Hat police computer specialist went through a long list of items found on a computer seized from the home of the accused in a 2017 murder and extortion during testimony Wednesday. Robert Hoefman, 59, is accused of the first-degree murder of James Satre in October 2017 as part of a plot to extort $1 million from another individual who can’t be identified due to a publication ban. MHPS Sgt. Tim Schottner told the court of locating letters similar to those which were part of the extortion when he used a digital forensic program on the seized computer. He also ran through a number of Internet searches done on the computer.