For other people with this name or with similar spellings, see Mark Hoffman (disambiguation).
Mark Hofmann
Born
Mark William Hofmann
(1954-12-07) December 7, 1954 (age 69)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Status
Incarcerated at Central Utah Correctional Facility, Utah Department of Corrections number 41235
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Document dealer and forger
Spouse
Doralee "Dorie" Olds (1979–1987; divorced)
Motive
Covering up forgeries
Conviction(s)
Murder, theft by deception, fraud (pleaded guilty January 7, 1987)
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment
Details
Date
October 15, 1985
Killed
2
Injured
2 (including himself)
Weapons
Mail bombs
Mark William Hofmann (born December 7, 1954) is an American counterfeiter, forger, and convicted murderer. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished forgers in history, Hofmann is especially noted for his creation of fake documents related to the history of the Latter Day Saint movement.[1][2][3][4] When his schemes began to unravel, he constructed bombs to murder three people in Salt Lake City, Utah. The first two bombs killed two people on October 15, 1985. On the following day, a third bomb exploded in Hofmann's car. He was arrested for the bombings three months later, and in 1987 pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, one count of theft by deception and one count of fraud.
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^"Dealer in Mormon fraud called a master forger". The New York Times. February 11, 1987.
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^"Forging a collection". University of Delaware Library. University of Delaware.
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