Lasting Legacy of Jessie Hoffman Jr.: A Look at the Influence on History

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Jessie Hoffman Jr.

How the contributions of Jessie Hoffman Jr. continue to shape the world today.

Jessie Dean Hoffman Jr. was an American convicted murderer sentenced to death in Louisiana for the 1996 rape and murder of Molly Elliott. At 18, he abducted the 28-year-old advertising executive in downtown New Orleans on November 26, 1996. Hoffman forced her to withdraw money from an ATM at gunpoint and then drove her to St. Tammany Parish, where he committed the rape and murder.