Updated on December 21, 2020 at 2:30 pm
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On Monday, the Lancaster County District Attorney s Office announced a criminal homicide charge against Justo Smoker. Linda Stoltzfoos 18 at the time she disappeared was last seen on June 21.
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“Given the circumstances of Linda’s disappearance; specifically, that she was forcefully abducted by a stranger, we always feared she suffered a tragic fate,” Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said Monday. “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.”
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Homicide charges have been filed in connection with the disappearance of Linda Stoltzfoos, 18.(East Lampeter Township Police).
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The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that police have filed criminal homicide charges against Justo Smoker, who had previously been charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment in connection with the disappearance of 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos.
“In consideration of the evidence collected over the past six months, our office has approved the filing of a charge alleging Smoker killed Linda after kidnapping her while she walked home from church on Beechdale Road in Upper Leacock Township,” the DA’s office said in a press release.
Homicide charge filed in case of missing Amish girl in Lancaster County
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
Homicide charges have been filed in connection with the disappearance of Linda Stoltzfoos, 18.(East Lampeter Township Police).
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The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that police have filed criminal homicide charges against Justo Smoker, who had previously been charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment in connection with the disappearance of 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos.
“In consideration of the evidence collected over the past six months, our office has approved the filing of a charge alleging Smoker killed Linda after kidnapping her while she walked home from church on Beechdale Road in Upper Leacock Township,” the DA’s office said in a press release.
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Updated: 3:50 PM CST Dec 21, 2020 Jere Gish Anchor A man charged with kidnapping an Amish teenager six months ago in Pennsylvania 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.”Stoltzfoos was last seen June 21 walking home from church in Lancaster County. Efforts remain ongoing to locate her body and provide closure to her family, Adams said.Adams said local, state and federal law enforcement officials