Tallahassee-area law enforcement officers failed Rachel Hoffman horribly last spring while she was working as an informant during a controlled drug buy. They lost visual and audible contact with her, and the 23-year-old, who had recently graduated from Florida State University, was gunned down. ...more

January 19, 2009

A story slated to run on "Dateline NBC" about Rachel Hoffman has been preempted for coverage of Thursday's plane crash into the Hudson River. ...more

January 16, 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

An investigator was fired Thursday and four other Tallahassee police officers were suspended for two weeks without pay for their roles in a botched drug sting that led to the death of a young informant from Pinellas County. ...more

September 26, 2008

Tallahassee has released its report on drug informant Rachel Hoffman's death, as well as the disciplinary action being taken within the Tallahassee Police Department. ...more

September 25, 2008

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

August 2, 2008