: 55 Hofmann and his friends were said to have made bombs for fun on the outskirts of Murray, Utah.

: 41 He was a below-average high school student, but had many hobbies including stage magic, electronics, chemistry, and stamp and coin collecting. He was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Mark Hofmann was born in 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Lucille ( née Sears) and William Hofmann (1928–1993). 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. On the following day, a third bomb exploded in Hofmann's car. The first two bombs killed two people on October 15, 1985. When his schemes began to unravel, he constructed bombs to murder three people in Salt Lake City, Utah. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished forgers in history, Hofmann is especially noted for his creation of documents related to the history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Mark William Hofmann (born December 7, 1954) is an American counterfeiter, forger, and convicted murderer. Murder, theft by deception, fraud (pleaded guilty January 7, 1987) Incarcerated at Central Utah Correctional Facility, Utah Department of Corrections number 41235ĭoralee 'Dorie' Olds (1979–1987 divorced)

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