"Dateline NBC" will air a report tonight into the case of Rachel Hoffman, a Clearwater resident fatally shot in May while acting as a confidential informant for Tallahassee police. ...more

January 23, 2009

The parents of a slain 23-year-old Clearwater woman who was killed acting as a confidential informant when a drug deal went bad are pushing legislation to protect future informants. ...more

January 8, 2009

The family of Rachel Hoffman, the 23-year-old who was fatally shot last spring while acting as a confidential police informant, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Tallahassee on Tuesday. ...more

December 31, 2008

The parents of a woman killed during a drug sting gone wrong are suing the city of Tallahassee. ...more

December 30, 2008

State lawmakers are looking at legislation to create stricter standards for the use of young people as confidential informants. ...more

December 30, 2008

Rachel Hoffman disappeared in May while working with Tallahassee narcotics detectives. To read the official transcripts, go to http://www.talgov.com/communications/newsdetail.cfm?id=1668. ...more

November 2, 2008

Police negligence contributed to drug informant Rachel Hoffman's death, a Leon County grand jury said Friday. ...more

August 2, 2008

Police negligence contributed to drug informant Rachel Hoffman's death, a grand jury said today. ...more

August 1, 2008

Before the drug deal that led to her death went down, confidential informant Rachel Hoffman called investigators to tell them the location of the meeting had changed. ...more

May 13, 2008

TAMPA - Margie Weiss took a break from writing her daughter's eulogy this morning so she could express the loss and pain she continues to feel. ...more

May 12, 2008