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Man charged with murder of Pennsylvania Amish girl after clothing found
By Louis Casiano
Justo Smoker (Credit: Lancaster County District Attorney s Office), Linda Stoltzfoos (Credit: FBI)
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. On Monday, prosecutors charged him with her murder, the Lancaster County District Attorney s Office said.
Stoltzfoos body has not been recovered but authorities believe Smoker abducted her while she was walking home from church.
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Tomas Martinez-Martinez was taken into custody Monday at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland. The 35-year-old is charged with felony counts of strangulation and intimidating a witness, as well as misdemeanor counts of simple assault and terroristic threats.
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Man accused of kidnapping Linda Stoltzfoos now charged with her homicide
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WGAL) A man charged with kidnapping an Amish teenager six months ago in Lancaster County is now charged with killing her.
The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that Justo Smoker faces an additional charge of criminal homicide in the presumed death of 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos, who remains missing.
“Given the circumstances of Linda’s disappearance; specifically, that she was forcefully abducted by a stranger, we always feared she suffered a tragic fate,” District Attorney Heather Adams said. “After careful consideration of all of the facts uncovered by the investigation as a whole, we are now in a position – legally – to charge Smoker with murder.”