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Scott Marshall Hofferber

Case from Billings, MT dated Apr 28, 2015

Victim Details

Scott L Hofferber

Male

White / Caucasian

Billings

MT

2015-04-28

29

Scott

Marshall Hofferber

Yes

07/05/2026

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In the early morning hours of April 28, 2015, a fatal encounter in a Billings, Montana trailer park cut short the life of 29-year-old Scott Marshall Hofferber, a White/Caucasian male. Hofferber was with a female acquaintance, Andrea Sattler, outside a vacant trailer she had been cleaning when they were approached by Joseph Richard Polak II. An exchange of heated words between Hofferber and Polak quickly escalated.

The verbal altercation turned deadly when Polak drew a. 45 caliber handgun ...
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  • http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/man-charged-with-deliberate-homicide-in-heights-shooting-friend-recounts/article_c3fb001d-7e8b-5c43-bf65-db1038146755.html
  • http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/man-found-dead-in-heights-tuesday-after-reported-shooting/article_832377e5-5a48-5c35-9721-2a470cea21b3.html
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