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MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio man accused of keeping a 13-year-old girl bound and gagged in his basement spent six years in a Colorado prison for setting a fire to cover up a burglary and had been released from parole only a month ago.
The teenager's mother and brother, along with a friend of her mother's, remained missing Tuesday after authorities searched a lake and park near the suspect's home. Authorities offered little hope that they would be found alive but planned to continue their search.
In this undated photo provided by the Routt County Sheriffs Office, Matthew Hoffman is shown. Knox County Sheriff David Barber said Maynard, a 13-year-old girl missing for days was found bound and gagged but alive in a basement Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010, and authorities hoped Hoffman charged with kidnapping her might lead them to her mother, brother and another woman who disappeared with her. (AP Photo/Routt County Sheriffs Office)
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This police booking photo provided by the Knox County Sheriff, shows 30-year-old Matthew Hoffman in Mount Vernon, Ohio. A 13-year-old girl who went missing with her mother, brother and a friend was found bound and gagged Sunday Nov. 14, 2010 in the basement of Hoffman's home, authorities said. Knox County Sheriff David Barber said Sarah Maynard's mother, Tina Herrmann, is still missing, along with her 10-year-old brother, Kody, and her mother's 41-year-old friend Stephanie Sprang. Barber said 30-year-old Matthew Hoffman was arrested on one count of kidnapping and that more charges are expected. (AP Photo/Knox County Sheriff)
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This undated family photo provided by WBNS-10TV on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, shows 13-year-old Sarah Maynard. Authorities were searching for Maynard and other members of her family, including her mother, brother and a female friend in an Ohio investigation that prompted an overnight lockdown on the campus of Kenyon College, where her mother's pickup truck was found nearby, a sheriff said Friday. The children's father said blood was discovered in the mother's home. (AP Photo/WBNS-10TV)
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This undated photo provided by WBNS-10TV on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, shows Stephanie Sprang. Blood was found in the home of a missing woman and her two children, whose disappearance along with her friend led to a lockdown at a collage near where her pickup truck was spotted, a sheriff said Friday. Authorities were searching for 32-year-old Tina Herrmann, her 13-year-old daughter, Sarah Maynard, her 10-year-old son, Kody Maynard, and their 41-year-old friend, Stephanie Sprang. (AP Photo/WBNS-10TV)
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This undated family photo provided by WBNS-10TV on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, shows 32-year-old Tina Herrmann. Authorities were searching for Herrmann, her two children and a female friend in an investigation that prompted an overnight lockdown on the campus of Kenyon College, where the woman's pickup truck was found nearby, a sheriff said Friday. The children's father said blood was discovered in the mother's home. (AP Photo/WBNS-10TV)
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Mount Vernon residents gather at a vigil for a missing family, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Divers search a lake for three missing people, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. A teenage girl, who disappeared along with them was rescued Sunday, bound and gagged, from the basement of a man's home nearby. All four vanished last Wednesday from the girl's home, which was splattered with blood, police said. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Mount Vernon residents gather at a vigil for a missing family, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Mount Vernon residents gather during a vigil for a missing family, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. investigators searched a lake for three missing people after a teenage girl who disappeared along with them was rescued Sunday, bound and gagged, from the basement of a man's home nearby. Sheriff David Barber conceded that 13-year-old Sarah Maynard's mother, brother and a family friend may be dead. All four vanished last Wednesday from the girl's home, which was found splattered with blood, police said. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Authorities block portions of Foundation Park, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Investigators continue the search for three people who remain missing a day after a teenage girl who disappeared with them was rescued from a nearby home. All four disappeared Wednesday. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Tom Dodge)
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