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LeRoy M. Hoffman was a 52-year-old man who ran a coin shop in Kansas City, Missouri, a place where collectors came to talk dates, mint marks, and the quiet thrill of finding something rare. On March 12, 1988, that small world turned violent when Hoffman was killed inside his own shop during what appeared to be a robbery, with coins worth several thousand dollars reported missing afterward.

Accounts that later surfaced about the days leading up to the killing describe a stranger who didnâ ...Read More
Victim Details

LeRoy Hoffman

Male

Kansas-city

MO

1988-03-12

52

LeRoy

Hoffman

01/18/2026