A Domino’s pizza deliveryman was on his way to deliver a pizza in Wisconsin. When he reached the home in Waldo, the simple pizza delivery turned into a hero moment as he called 911 to help the woman at the house. The incident happened on September 27, 2018.
Identified as Joseph Grundl, he noticed a woman who signaled to him that she was in trouble. She looked at him and pointed towards a bruise on her face and mouthed, “Help me.” At that moment, Grundl knew he had to act quickly, so he called 911 after driving a safe distance from the home.
He did not make a scene since he did not want anything to happen to the woman. He explained to the emergency dispatcher the whole situation and gave them the address. Within a few minutes, police were at the doorstep to rescue the woman. They knocked on the door, and a man came out.
He opened the door, but he still blocked the entrance. Meanwhile, the officers heard a voice asking for help. They rushed into the house, forcefully removing the man from the entrance. The man was identified as Dean Henry Hoffmann, who was the Wisconsin woman’s ex-boyfriend. He had kidnapped the woman after they broke up.
He was charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, misdemeanor battery, strangulation and suffocation, felony intimidation of a victim, and burglary. The Wisconsin woman was crying when the police found her. She told them how scared she was and thought she’d die that night.
She used to live with Hoffmann but moved out to a new residence. That’s when he found her and abducted her. He tied her hands and feet with a power cord and punched her face. He also gagged her so she could not scream, but after a while, she convinced him to untie her. Hoffmann also threatened to get his gun, and he planned to shoot them both.
He took her phone away and texted her kids and friends that she was sick and wouldn’t be available. After a while, they ordered pizza, and the victim was able to ask for help. Grundl stated, “The officer, the next day, told me himself, ‘I don’t think she would have made it through the night.'” So he ended up saving her life.
Meanwhile, Hoffmann had to sign a $500,000 cash bond on Monday. He was released on GPS monitoring, court orders, and on the condition that he can’t be within five miles of the victim’s home.
Disclaimer: The Inquisitr could not independently confirm the facts of this incident and is reporting based on the information available within the public video record.
