Linda Stoltzfoos // 306
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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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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Show Notes
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.
BONUS EPISODES
Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398
Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast
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/
9. Splash 4 Ripples blog: https://splash4ripples.com/tag/vernon-deb-smoker/
10. Amish Gazebos: https://www.amishgazebos.com/amish-or-mennonite/
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
15. Leagle: https://www.leagle.com/decision/1986356351pasuper51355
16. Intelligencer Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/568662177/?terms=evelyn%20fisher&match=1
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