Despite deaths and high infection rates, the parts of Ohio where the Amish live have the state’s lowest vaccination rates. Most Amish aren’t getting vaccinated; the few who do aren’t open about it.
By Anna Huntsman/WCPN Horse-drawn buggies and a handful of vans and sport utility vehicles brought more than 100 people together Monday afternoon at the Myers Cemetery burial grounds, not far from where police say 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos was abducted.
The Lancaster County coroner used dental records to positively identify the body of 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos. The coroner said following an autopsy Friday that the cause of death was asphyxia from strangulation, along with suffocation.
The Lancaster County DA says the remains appear to be those of a female of the same age as 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos, and were buried with a dress, bonnet and shoes like those Stoltzfoos wore the day she disappeared.
Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams told a news conference Thursday that a coroner hasn’t made a positive forensic identification, but the remains appear to be those of a female of the same age as Linda Stoltzfoos.
Stoltzfoos was last seen walking home from church in the Bird-in-Hand area, and prosecutors noted that Wednesday marked exactly 10 months since she disappeared.
