BRUTAL KILLING Amish girl, 18, strangled and stabbed to death before body was wrapped in tarp and dumped in shallow grave Updated: Apr 24 2021, 14:35 ET Invalid Date, AN 18-year-old Amish girl was strangled and stabbed to death before being wrapped in tarp and dumped in a shallow grave. The cause of Linda Stoltzfoos’ death was asphyxia from strangulation, along with suffocation, according to Lancaster County coroner Dr Stephen Diamantoni after an autopsy was carried out. 8 8 Justo Smoker, 35, has been charged with the abduction and murder of the 18-year-old girlCredit: Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office He said a stab wound to her neck was a contributing factor in her death.