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Suspect charged with kidnapping missing Amish woman Linda Stoltzfoos
New York Post ^ | July 13, 2020 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 07/13/2020 11:04:16 AM PDT by karpov

A Pennsylvania man is charged with kidnapping an 18-year-old Amish woman who investigators believe was “harmed” after being abducted last month, police said.

Justo Smoker, 34, of Paradise, was arrested Friday on felony kidnapping and misdemeanor false imprisonment charges in the disappearance of Linda Stoltzfoos, who has been missing since June 21, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced Saturday.

Stoltzfoos’ whereabouts are unclear and an active search for her remains ongoing, but investigators “have reason to believe she was harmed” after being abducted. She was last seen walking home from church in Bird-in-Hand on Father’s Day while wearing a tan dress, white apron and a white cape, East Lampeter Township police have said.

Surveillance video obtained by cops that was enhanced by FBI technicians “depicts the abduction” of Stoltzfoos in a red sedan as she walked along her normal route home, prosecutors said.

“That video shows a red Kia Rio involved in the abduction,” prosecutors said.

Investigators searched a rural area late Friday in Ronks, where they suspect Stoltzfoos may have been taken after she was kidnapped and where a red Kia Rio sedan owned by Smoker was parked on June 23, prosecutors said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: amish; crime
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Kidnapping and likely murdering, on Father's Day, a teenage Amish girl walking home from church. I'm sure the media will give much coverage to this black-on-white crime /s.
1 posted on 07/13/2020 11:04:16 AM PDT by karpov
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To: karpov

Justo Smoker

2 posted on 07/13/2020 11:09:05 AM PDT by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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Water board the truth out of him.


3 posted on 07/13/2020 11:09:27 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (uff)
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Hideous crime. He needs to get the chair.
And yes, the media will bury it.


4 posted on 07/13/2020 11:10:27 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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Justo Smoker?

Sounds like a name Bart Simpson uses to prank Moe.


5 posted on 07/13/2020 11:11:13 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Ken H

He’s not a murderer. He’s just o smoker.


6 posted on 07/13/2020 11:12:04 AM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: Ken H

Damn those evil ‘English’. This demon needs some cruel karma what he did to that innocent Amish girl.
Amish lives matter - and more than this POS.


7 posted on 07/13/2020 11:13:27 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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Horrible! Prayers for she and her family.


8 posted on 07/13/2020 11:18:14 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you haimeve. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Vice grip on the jewels until he says where the body is.


9 posted on 07/13/2020 11:19:14 AM PDT by shelterguy
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Amish?


10 posted on 07/13/2020 11:20:20 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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I live in southern Pa with the Amish. They are good people and they will probably forgive him. I say hang him!!!


11 posted on 07/13/2020 11:22:08 AM PDT by spincaster (ust)
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its easy to forgive if they know the “english” will actually administer the justice for you.


12 posted on 07/13/2020 11:23:49 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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They have found her clothes. So she is almost certainly dead. And to compound the tragedy, her killer will almost certainly be alive 30 years from now.

It’s also worth noting that Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf has refused to sign any execution warrants. That’s because Wolf knows so much more about justice than do judges and juries.


13 posted on 07/13/2020 11:31:10 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Ken H

Looks white to me.


14 posted on 07/13/2020 11:34:00 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: karpov

Trapped in Paradise.


15 posted on 07/13/2020 11:36:11 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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Smoker is a common Amish name... Any word if he has connections to the Amish? Also, that part about the enhanced video is interesting. That is a very rural area to have it on video.


16 posted on 07/13/2020 11:49:42 AM PDT by Shanty Shaker
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I’m not too far from the area and htere has been a few local stories. Word is that he was fostered in a Mennonite home. Also, he’s been in and out of prison. Reports f his latest release vary from 2019 to 14 weeks ago. Either way, he knew and worked in the Mennonite Community. Being held without bail at this point. it’s as ugly as it gets.


17 posted on 07/13/2020 12:07:30 PM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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Yes. Lancaster online (behind the paywall) and others have stated he was fostered by a Mennonite family for years, hence the last name. Still has a a criminal history. Total bad seed.


18 posted on 07/13/2020 12:09:00 PM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: shelterguy

Don’t forget the ball peen hammer. Never forget the ball peen.


19 posted on 07/13/2020 12:50:13 PM PDT by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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The Amish community has been searching for her since she disappeared.

I’ve seen the local news reports daily. The longer it went the worse and sadder the reporters sounded.


20 posted on 07/13/2020 1:48:15 PM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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