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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. A 34-year-old man has been charged in the abduction and death of a Pennsylvania Amish teenager who was last seen on Father’s Day.
Justo Smoker was charged with the June 21 kidnapping of Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, in July when he was taken into police custody, Fox News reported. However, on Monday his charges were amended. Prosecutors upgraded the charges to include murder, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said.
Sadly, Stoltzfoos’ body has not been recovered. Prosecutors believe Smoker abducted her while she was walking home from church. Now they are convinced he murdered her as well and will attempt to prove it in court.
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Kidnap suspect now charged with murder of young Amish woman
December 21, 2020 GMT
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) A man charged previously with having kidnapped a young Amish woman who disappeared in Pennsylvania last summer has now been charged with killing her.
Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced Monday that Justo Smoker, 34, of Paradise, was charged with criminal homicide in the case of Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, who has been missing since June 21.
Stoltzfus was last seen walking home from church in the Bird-in-Hand area, and no sign of her has been found since, Adams said. Friends and family said Stoltzfoos was happy with her life and had never expressed any desire to leave, and she had made plans to join others in a church youth group the day she disappeared, Adams said.