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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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Dec 22, 2020 Lancaster County Man Charged with Murdering Amish Teenager
(Lancaster, PA) A Lancaster County man accused of kidnapping an Amish teenager is now being charged for her murder. Thirty-four-year-old Justo Smoker was charged yesterday for criminal homicide in connection to the death of 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos. The Lancaster County District Attorney s office released court documents yesterday with new evidence about the day Stoltzfoos disappeared. According to the court documents, the Pennsylvania State Police crime lab found Smoker s DNA on the girl s stockings which were buried in the ground.
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.”