Beechdale Road

On Sunday, June 21, 2020, eighteen-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, was kidnapped and later murdered by Justo Smoker, a member of our family. This book is our attempt to share our story of grief, anger, and pain, but also of unexplainable grace, kindness, and mercy at the hands of the Amish community, of which Linda Stoltzfoos was a part. We hope that in sharing our story, you can experience what it’s like when undeserved mercy confronts undeniable evil, when kindness upends condemnation, when heaven engages hell.