In June of 2020, an 18-year-old Amish girl went missing during the walk home from her Pennsylvania church. Within the first few weeks of her disappearance, while putting together eyewitness accounts and surveillance footage from the area, police were able to unravel the devastating truth about what really happened to her. This is the murder of Linda Stoltzfoos. 

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CASE SOURCES

1. Lancaster Online: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/a-full-timeline-of-18-year-old-linda-stoltzfoos-disappearance-so-far/article_e1701842-c3a8-11ea-9532-639eb8c87d9a.html

2. Lancaster Online: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/i-robbed-the-family-justo-smoker-admits-killing-amish-teen-as-new-details-of-her/article_c9ae6faa-eb1c-11eb-bc37-9b8e3433e660.html

3. Linda's Obituary: https://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/linda-sue-stoltzfoos/article_508892a7-a0d4-56aa-8a5d-0757143622b8.html

4. York Daily Record: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/07/13/police-more-details-missing-amish-teen-linda-stoltzfoos/5427056002/

5. York Daily Record: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2021/04/22/what-we-know-linda-stoltzfoos-missing-amish-teen-lancaster-pa/7332890002/

6. Fort Madison Daily Democrat: https://www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/daily_democrat/getting-to-know-the-amish/article_0f12313a-8ad4-5d8e-9387-6d8ad35cdd28.html

7. Bird-In-Hand community website: https://bird-in-hand.com/blog/6-things-to-know-about-amish-country/

8. Fox: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/the-search-for-18-year-old-linda-stoltzfoos-continues-in-lancaster-county/521-023b3eaa-6998-48a0-a054-7d5edce975bd

9. Splash 4 Ripples blog: https://splash4ripples.com/tag/vernon-deb-smoker/

10. Amish Gazebos: https://www.amishgazebos.com/amish-or-mennonite/

11. https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/who-is-justo-smoker-heres-what-we-know-about-the-man-charged-with-kidnapping-killing/article_4f4b53ba-c3b6-11ea-9ded-0f8dba90ea12.html

12. Lancaster Online: https://lancasteronline.com/news/ex-pv-wrestler-gets-12-1-2---30-yrs-for-area-holdups/article_3c4f1032-6610-598e-9d79-df3bf4859b30.html

13. Fox 43: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/justo-smoker-the-killer-of-linda-stoltzfoos-is-sentenced-to-an-additional-17-years-for-violating-his-parole-by-state-parole-board/521-739e35aa-0983-47e1-a92e-8304c3f23706

14. CBS: https://local21news.com/news/local/search-for-stoltzfoos-continues-draws-comparison-to-40-year-old-crime

15. Leagle: https://www.leagle.com/decision/1986356351pasuper51355

16. Intelligencer Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/568662177/?terms=evelyn%20fisher&match=1

17. Fox 43: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/linda-stoltzfoos-justo-smoker-update-lancaster-county/521-fc58eb3e-21f5-4494-a2b4-dd2f6b7ac6b3

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