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Amish teen Linda Stoltzfoos was strangled, suffocated and stabbed
https://nypost.com/2021/04/23/amish-teen-linda-stoltzfoos-was-strangled-suffocated-and-stabbed/ ^ | 04/23/2021 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 04/25/2021 7:06:14 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX

An Amish woman in Pennsylvania who vanished during a walk home from church was strangled, suffocated and stabbed in the neck, a coroner said Friday.

The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office used dental records to positively identify the body of Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, whose remains were found Wednesday wrapped in a tarp and buried on a railroad property near a business in the town of Gap, PennLive.com reported.

Stoltzfoos died from asphyxia due to strangulation and suffocation, Deputy Chief Coroner Eric Bieber said following an autopsy conducted early Friday. A stab wound to the teen’s neck also contributed to her death, Bieber said.

Justo Roberto Smoker, 35, of Paradise, was charged with felony kidnapping and false imprisonment in Stoltzfoos’ disappearance in July. Those charges were later upgraded to homicide in December.

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


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: amish; crime; murder; pennsylvania
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I have been interested in this story since the poor girl first disappeared. I was hoping that somehow she would be found alive. I'm glad they found her body. This thug should never have been let out of prison.
1 posted on 04/25/2021 7:06:14 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: Pining_4_TX

I hear that Wu’s pigs are free for a job this week...


2 posted on 04/25/2021 7:08:52 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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Don’t eat bacon in Deadwood.


3 posted on 04/25/2021 7:10:04 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Pining_4_TX

Prayers for her family and that Amish community.


4 posted on 04/25/2021 7:10:49 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Pining_4_TX

Would the just death penalty for a kidnapper be better than the unjust murder by repeated attack on the victim?


5 posted on 04/25/2021 7:15:14 PM PDT by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Very sad story. Whoever did this should be punished harshly.

Knowing the Amish, they’ll forgive and try to help the family.

We have an Amish market in town. A couple of the businesses are run by people named Stoltzfus. I wonder if she’s related to them.


6 posted on 04/25/2021 7:16:09 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: Pining_4_TX

Sad, hope he gets justice delivered.


7 posted on 04/25/2021 7:16:44 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: Pining_4_TX

I find it interesting that the NY Post used the term woman instead of teen in labeling the victim.

God rest her soul.


8 posted on 04/25/2021 7:22:55 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Go to the article link and check out the picture of the perp. Yeah, we won’t be hearing too much about this in the national media.


9 posted on 04/25/2021 7:23:22 PM PDT by dowcaet
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Don’t eat bacon in Deadwood.

That's the long and short of it [long pig, and short pig]...

10 posted on 04/25/2021 7:23:52 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Pining_4_TX

I meant in the story, not the headline.


11 posted on 04/25/2021 7:23:57 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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RIP I heard her family knew him.


12 posted on 04/25/2021 7:24:56 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: Pining_4_TX

Poor girl she looked like a younger version of a Salesperson I know. I have seen her photo several times and each time that’s the first impression on my eyes. The animal who killed her needs the death penalty.


13 posted on 04/25/2021 7:35:35 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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To: dynachrome

“Don’t eat bacon in Deadwood.”

I’ve heard that there can be Unintended Consequences.


14 posted on 04/25/2021 7:40:39 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: kiryandil

IIRC it was short pig eating the long pig


15 posted on 04/25/2021 7:45:34 PM PDT by shotgun
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Don’t p*ss off Al...


16 posted on 04/25/2021 7:47:21 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Pining_4_TX
Horrific.

Now watch the MSM defend the killer.

17 posted on 04/25/2021 8:39:58 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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Bet he is illegal BANK ON IT!!!


18 posted on 04/25/2021 8:44:22 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Pining_4_TX

An innocent girl’s life taken in a brutal way. This world is a nightmare sometimes.


19 posted on 04/25/2021 9:09:09 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: tflabo

By a 1000 cuts


20 posted on 04/26/2021 10:03:55 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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