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Feb 13, 2024 · LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Nearly four years after Justo Smoker was charged with kidnapping and murdering 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos, his family members are sharing their story. With the...
Feb 15, 2024 · Sherzter's uncle, Justo Smoker, who is Roger's brother-in-law, kidnapped and murdered the 18-year-old Stoltzfoos.
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Jul 23, 2021 · Justo Smoker pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, kidnapping and related charges in the death of Linda Stoltzfoos, the 18-year-old Amish woman abducted less than a half-mile from her family's...
Jul 22, 2021 · The family of Justo Smoker, who is charged with kidnapping Amish teen Linda Stoltzfoos, has released a statement praying for her safe return.
- ‘Linda Was A Light’
- ‘Contrary to All We Hold Dear’
- ‘Trouble Since We Got Him’
Those in court Friday learned for the first time that Smoker sought a plea deal in April so authorities could return Stoltzfoos’ body to her family. Defense attorney Christopher Tellarico told the court Smoker asked his lawyers to stop fighting the charges. “It was a point where he could come forward. The solution had some redemptive value,” Tellar...
Court records indicated that Stoltzfoos was walking home to change out of her church clothes shortly after noon that Sunday, which was Father’s Day. She had planned to pick up a dessert she’d made for her youth group, which was meeting from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. that afternoon. She never made it home. Her parents called the police early the next mornin...
Ashworth described Smoker as “a predator of the worst kind and an extreme danger to the community.” The judge urged the state parole board to sentence Smoker to the maximum for his parole violation, citing his belief that the convicted killer cannot be rehabilitated. Tallarico sees his client in a more favorable light. “I still have a hard time com...
Feb 20, 2024 · They're recalling the day in 2020 they found out their brother-in-law and uncle, Justo Smoker, was arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Linda Stoltzfoos.
Apr 24, 2021 · Justo Smoker, 35, of Paradise, was charged with homicide in December and is awaiting trial. Smoker was initially arrested in August, and also faces charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment.
