Pete Slover

And ultimately, those journals included talk of bullets.

And ultimately, those journals included talk of bullets.

And ultimately, those journals included talk of bullets.

These were very detailed journals, and they were really sad.

These were very detailed journals, and they were really sad.

These were very detailed journals, and they were really sad.

I didn't see anything that was obvious that would explain their deaths, but what I did see was Terry Hoffman's name recurring in multiple places.

I didn't see anything that was obvious that would explain their deaths, but what I did see was Terry Hoffman's name recurring in multiple places.

I didn't see anything that was obvious that would explain their deaths, but what I did see was Terry Hoffman's name recurring in multiple places.

It's easy to kind of roll up these series of events into one kind of crazy story. But at the same time, you have to think of each one of these victims as being deeply affected and arguably their lives ruined, their family members' lives ruined by these circumstances. So that's a huge thing.

It's easy to kind of roll up these series of events into one kind of crazy story. But at the same time, you have to think of each one of these victims as being deeply affected and arguably their lives ruined, their family members' lives ruined by these circumstances. So that's a huge thing.

It's easy to kind of roll up these series of events into one kind of crazy story. But at the same time, you have to think of each one of these victims as being deeply affected and arguably their lives ruined, their family members' lives ruined by these circumstances. So that's a huge thing.

I talked to her on the phone.

I talked to her on the phone.

I talked to her on the phone.

She was very soft-spoken, very quiet, and did not betray anything of what other people recounted as something of a pretty stiff temper.

She was very soft-spoken, very quiet, and did not betray anything of what other people recounted as something of a pretty stiff temper.

She was very soft-spoken, very quiet, and did not betray anything of what other people recounted as something of a pretty stiff temper.

I was a student of David Goodman, who was a professor at Southern Methodist University. He had this kind of big, blocky, bowl haircut that seemed a little bit dated even in the 80s when I knew him. Kind of a Sir Lancelot look going on. And he was kind of funny and light and very, very intellectual.

I was a student of David Goodman, who was a professor at Southern Methodist University. He had this kind of big, blocky, bowl haircut that seemed a little bit dated even in the 80s when I knew him. Kind of a Sir Lancelot look going on. And he was kind of funny and light and very, very intellectual.

I was a student of David Goodman, who was a professor at Southern Methodist University. He had this kind of big, blocky, bowl haircut that seemed a little bit dated even in the 80s when I knew him. Kind of a Sir Lancelot look going on. And he was kind of funny and light and very, very intellectual.

The neighbors noticed that the dogs were in the backyard and the dogs were looking gaunt and unfed.

The neighbors noticed that the dogs were in the backyard and the dogs were looking gaunt and unfed.

The neighbors noticed that the dogs were in the backyard and the dogs were looking gaunt and unfed.

They had been dead for some number of weeks.

They had been dead for some number of weeks.

They had been dead for some number of weeks.

They were discovered dead some serious amount of time after they had killed themselves. And as such, the evidence was degraded to the point that the police just said it could be a murder-suicide, it could be a murder-murder simultaneously, or it could be simultaneous suicide. They never really got to the bottom of how things played out.

They were discovered dead some serious amount of time after they had killed themselves. And as such, the evidence was degraded to the point that the police just said it could be a murder-suicide, it could be a murder-murder simultaneously, or it could be simultaneous suicide. They never really got to the bottom of how things played out.

They were discovered dead some serious amount of time after they had killed themselves. And as such, the evidence was degraded to the point that the police just said it could be a murder-suicide, it could be a murder-murder simultaneously, or it could be simultaneous suicide. They never really got to the bottom of how things played out.

They were two searchers who were really, really tortured and went deeper and deeper and deeper into dark places at the very time that they were being persuaded that they were going to light places. And that's what led to their death.

They were two searchers who were really, really tortured and went deeper and deeper and deeper into dark places at the very time that they were being persuaded that they were going to light places. And that's what led to their death.

They were two searchers who were really, really tortured and went deeper and deeper and deeper into dark places at the very time that they were being persuaded that they were going to light places. And that's what led to their death.

They had paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years. They transferred her a significant amount of money in increments up to $40,000. In all, there was more than $100,000 they had given her over probably 10 months. And beyond that, there were notes in their journals about how they needed to get a lawyer to get the deed to their property transferred to Ms. Hoffman.

They had paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years. They transferred her a significant amount of money in increments up to $40,000. In all, there was more than $100,000 they had given her over probably 10 months. And beyond that, there were notes in their journals about how they needed to get a lawyer to get the deed to their property transferred to Ms. Hoffman.

They had paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years. They transferred her a significant amount of money in increments up to $40,000. In all, there was more than $100,000 they had given her over probably 10 months. And beyond that, there were notes in their journals about how they needed to get a lawyer to get the deed to their property transferred to Ms. Hoffman.

That never actually happened, but it was pretty clear that that was their intent.

That never actually happened, but it was pretty clear that that was their intent.

That never actually happened, but it was pretty clear that that was their intent.

Hi, my name is Pete Slover and I'm an attorney in Austin, Texas. At the time that the Hoffman case was unfolding, I was a reporter for the Dallas Morning News.

Hi, my name is Pete Slover and I'm an attorney in Austin, Texas. At the time that the Hoffman case was unfolding, I was a reporter for the Dallas Morning News.

Hi, my name is Pete Slover and I'm an attorney in Austin, Texas. At the time that the Hoffman case was unfolding, I was a reporter for the Dallas Morning News.

There were also journals that they kept that showed that they were just mentally tortured, but they were rife with and laced through with references to Ms. Hoffman, her spiritual teachings, pagan deities, her whole philosophy of supernatural things.

There were also journals that they kept that showed that they were just mentally tortured, but they were rife with and laced through with references to Ms. Hoffman, her spiritual teachings, pagan deities, her whole philosophy of supernatural things.

There were also journals that they kept that showed that they were just mentally tortured, but they were rife with and laced through with references to Ms. Hoffman, her spiritual teachings, pagan deities, her whole philosophy of supernatural things.

In those journals, she adopted the identity of Venus and he adopted the identity of Jupiter. And then most of their counseling had to do with what Jupiter and Venus would do.

In those journals, she adopted the identity of Venus and he adopted the identity of Jupiter. And then most of their counseling had to do with what Jupiter and Venus would do.

In those journals, she adopted the identity of Venus and he adopted the identity of Jupiter. And then most of their counseling had to do with what Jupiter and Venus would do.

These journals described increasing confusion, frustration, and then ultimately physical discomfort at how messed up life seemed to them.

These journals described increasing confusion, frustration, and then ultimately physical discomfort at how messed up life seemed to them.

These journals described increasing confusion, frustration, and then ultimately physical discomfort at how messed up life seemed to them.