I was deeply touched by this boys mother so wanting to find him and lay him to final rest. What cowards these bikers are. I hope they all get theirs like that one miserable biker that is suspected of having killed this poor boy. At least he got his ugly self killed and he won't be torturing any more families.

The young man that got killed by bikers was Gus Hoffman. Gus had just got done restoring his Harley Davidson motorcycle and took it out for a test ride and was never seen again. Gus's mother has gone to biker hangouts asking around if anyone had seen her son, but no one would talk. When a certain biker had died, biker people started talking, saying that Gus was tortured to death. Gus's mom, as far as I know, hasn't found her son's body and this happened 25 years ago. I feel so sorry for Gus's family, not knowing where Gus is.

That's right. I sure hope some truth is found out at some point and this mother can find some peace.

This case was so sad, I had forgotten all about it. Anyone recall WHERE this case took place?

It was in San Jose, California. I wrote a poem about two years ago for Gus. It is very sad that he was so young and innocent.

It's just a guess...but I think his remains are near that house where the bikers took him.

Is it just my imagination, or have most of the biker gangs become extinct? I remember that they were still around during the 1980's when I was growing up...but it seems that the gangs have disappeared like shadows.

Hey Eyes...biker gangs still exist, I happen to live near a couple of areas where they frequent. I think they lie low these days and I dont think they feel free enough to "take over towns" like on shows like Knightrider (heehee). Its too bad bad bikers gave bikers in general a bad wrap. I wonder if there is a Gus website set up by his family or...??? I will poke around. Thats cool you wrote a poem for him. I bet his mom would love to know that people, strangers, care about the son she cant find.

http://www.geocities.com/cahpa2/emma.htm check out this website

NEVERMIND. Thought I had found something, how dumb can I be???

Eyes of the Nile, I was wondering if you could post the poem that you wrote about Gus Hoffman. I would love to read it.

Dear UM Fan and friends,

I will indeed post the poem here- please give me a few days to get it posted. I have a couple of exams tomorrow, and tonight I've been busy with E-mails and what have you. But I will try to remember to post it ASAP. Thank you for asking. Take care.


-Nile

Dear UM Fan and friends,

I will indeed post the poem here- please give me a few days to get it posted. I have a couple of exams tomorrow, and tonight I've been busy with E-mails and what have you. But I will try to remember to post it ASAP. Thank you for asking. Take care.


-Nile
4 years and 10 months later and Im still waiting ;)

Man, those exams must have filled a LOT of blue books if s/he's still writing. :)

Looks like his last post ever was 03-22-2005. This was all before my time here on the board but perhaps their disappearance is an Unsolved Mystery unto itself?
:)

Dear UM Fan and friends,

I will indeed post the poem here- please give me a few days to get it posted. I have a couple of exams tomorrow, and tonight I've been busy with E-mails and what have you. But I will try to remember to post it ASAP. Thank you for asking. Take care.


-Nile

It is an outstanding poem. I just bumped it. Unfortunately, EyesoftheNile didn't post here after 2005. I wish he would come back.

I have always admired Gus' mother for what all she did to find out the truth about what happened to her son on that fateful day. Those bikers are such pieces of crap.:mad: I'd love to lock them in a room along with the blind river killer and let them all just do society a huge favor and do away each other.

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I have always admired Gus' mother for what all she did to find out the truth about what happened to her son on that fateful day. Those bikers are such pieces of crap.:mad: I'd love to lock them in a room along with the blind river killer and let them all just do society a huge favor and do away each other.

Rose Hoffman is an easy person to admire. It speaks to the mighty power of a mother's love for her child. She was absolutely fearless going to all those horrible places to talk to those dangerous bikers.

The extra tragic element to this story was how, apparently, Gus met his demise. Bikers wanted his motorcycle, they take it and they have to kill Gus so he won't report them to the police. But it wasn't enough to just do it quickly and get it over with. Instead, they had to torture him for 5 straight days, sodomize him, and even take pictures of him while he was being tortured so he felt constant humiliation on top of the physical pain. There are no words to properly describe how evil a person has to be to do this, much less to a 19 year old kid.

Some interesting old articles about the case...

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-24/news/vw-10304_1_gus-hoffman/3

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19900811&id=jf0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xqMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4285,6429354

The mugshots of Stevenson and Hodges creeps me out

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Gus_Hoffman

wonder what ever happened to the body parts!

wonder what ever happened to the body parts!
Sadly, it seems the murderers dismembered the body and put the parts in trash bags (according to information on UM wiki). The chances of Gus being found are very slim. I really feel for his family.

Thank goodness people finally talked and these cowards were sent to jail for what they did.

Yeah, this case makes me particularly sad because the main reason it was profiled on UM was so that Gus' family could find his body. The people who murdered him were already being indicted and the case was more or less solved by the time the segment aired, but Gus' mom still went on the show because she really wanted to recover her son's remains and give him a proper burial. Sadly, that has still never happened.

Sadly, it seems the murderers dismembered the body and put the parts in trash bags (according to information on UM wiki). The chances of Gus being found are very slim. I really feel for his family.

Thank goodness people finally talked and these cowards were sent to jail for what they did.

If everything happened to Gus Hoffman that they say happened, this is far and away one of the most heinous and reprehensible acts of human cruelty I've ever heard of. Those lowlifes should have got the gas chamber.

If everything happened to Gus Hoffman that they say happened, this is far and away one of the most heinous and reprehensible acts of human cruelty I've ever heard of. Those lowlifes should have got the gas chamber.

Absolutely