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Apr 23, 2021 · Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, was strangled and stabbed in the neck by Justo Smoker, 35, who was arrested in July 2021. Her remains were found 10 months after she went missing on her way home from church in Pennsylvania. The coroner's office determined her cause of death as asphyxia due to strangulation and suffocation.
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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...
Apr 24, 2021 · LANCASTER, Pa. — A young Amish woman whose remains were found this week, 10 months after her disappearance, was strangled and stabbed in the neck, a coroner ruled Friday. The Lancaster County...
Jul 23, 2021 · Justo Smoker, 35, was sentenced to 35 to 71 years in prison for killing Amish teen Linda Stoltzfoos in 2020. He pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, kidnapping, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and possession of an instrument of crime. He also faced an additional 17.5 years for a parole violation.
Apr 23, 2021 · 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...
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Apr 22, 2021 · Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, was abducted and killed by Justo Smoker, who was arrested in July. Her remains were found on railroad property near Dutchland, Inc., where Smoker worked.
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Jul 23, 2021 · Justo Smoker, 34, of Paradise Township, was charged Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, with killing Linda Stoltzfoos, who disappeared June 21, 2020. He had already been charged with kidnapping the...
