Oh, I believe once LE knew he was responsible for the abduction of Linda Stoltzfoos you can believe they had other LE searching for other victims and are still looking into that aspect including in nearby/ neighboring states.If JS was released from prison in Feb 2019....could there be more victims?? Scary thought!! Anymore missing girls in the area?
Your right Torbs, that place would have been surrounded by LE.I’m personally unclear as to where the owner of the property was when he saw smoker’s car again and went to have a look. That said it’s a quiet rural area and I’m sure at most he’s thinking it’s some harmless idiot looking to steal tools. Smoker wasn’t around, he was likely way off behind the property burying her clothes near the train tracks. So it probably just looked like no one was around and he snapped his pics. I still say he saw tools because that would a) validate his most likely fear of a burglary, and b) explain why it took so long for the police to show. If he saw a gun or a body or bloody clothes they would have been out there in a hot second.
Sorry, some of the articles I read downplayed the robberies, essentially saying that he robbed a farm stand with a BB gun. It sounded like a dumb kid crime, not a felonious assault with a weapon.TwoBlueJays, please tell me when was he (JS) in prison for non-violent juvenile offenses ? In 2007, at the age of 21 (JS) was sentenced and served 12 years in prison for a 5 day string of armed robberies of businesses with a BB gun; his 18 year old younger brother was arrested as well. JS was released in February of 2019. JS was certainly not a mentor or a good role model for his younger brother IMO. He went to high school in Kinzers which is less than 8 miles from Bird In Hand, had a 3.0 grade average and was a wrestling star. Talk about going down the wrong road in life. Oh, boy!!!!!
I wonder if a coworker reported to LE that JS had gone camping, fishing up in Welsh Mountain Preserve and that's what led to begin searching there as well.Good morning! Just a few thoughts...
I wonder if they have any evidence that suggests JS had LS at his apartment.
I wonder if JS had a girlfriend since he was released from prison and if anything with a woman precipitated this event.
I wonder what evidence has been found in JS’s car.
I still wonder what precipitated all the water searching that the Amish did.
I wonder if JS was on something when he did this somewhat disorganized kidnapping.
I wonder if LE has told the Stoltzfoos family that evidence indicates that LS is definitely no longer alive.
I wonder if the somewhat paltry information that’s come out since the arrest of JS means that LE is still looking at other arrests.
JMO
or a tool, like a hammer or crowbar. I wonder if that’s what the Ronks business owner saw in the car that caused him to take pictures. He might have associated tools like that with a break-in attempt, which is what he was probably worried about when he called 911.
I have a friend who has experience with adoption of children who are not infants and have had very rough beginnings, and he believes JS may demonstrate an extreme level of reactive attachment disorder. I think the idea is that neglect, abuse, inconsistent care, and having to fend for oneself into early childhood can essentially create a sociopath and accomplished manipulator who is incapable of empathy and caring relationships. Kind of like an alligator can be your pet until it decides to eat you. Obviously this is just speculation, but it explains why a person could have been “rescued” and handed a perfect life but inexplicably seems to take the wrong path.And I wonder why JS who was given a chance at a decent life after a terrible first few years and who seemed to respond through his high school years, would blow it all on an armed robbery spree. He even said at trial that he was raised better than that and his parents continue to support him even after 12 years in prison. He had a job and a car and a supportive family, why couldn't he respond to that and stay out of trouble? I think she was a random target but I think he set out that morning to do something to someone one. Why did he escalate in that direction and manner instead of a couple of more armed robberies like before?
Journalists like any profession have vary degrees of consciencousness.Sorry, some of the articles I read downplayed the robberies, essentially saying that he robbed a farm stand with a BB gun. It sounded like a dumb kid crime, not a felonious assault with a weapon.
What I was thinking after watching a show on feral children; they said if you can get to them by age 3, (or 4?), you could be successful in getting them back to "normal" but after that it's much more difficult. (Paraphrased, of course.)I have a friend who has experience with adoption of children who are not infants and have had very rough beginnings, and he believes JS may demonstrate an extreme level of reactive attachment disorder. I think the idea is that neglect, abuse, inconsistent care, and having to fend for oneself into early childhood can essentially create a sociopath and accomplished manipulator who is incapable of empathy and caring relationships. Kind of like an alligator can be your pet until it decides to eat you. Obviously this is just speculation, but it explains why a person could have been “rescued” and handed a perfect life but inexplicably seems to take the wrong path.
JMO AND YMMV
It appears he thrived and even excelled while living with his adoptive parents; was he incapable of self-control once he was on his own ? He could have gotten help, but chose not to.And I wonder why JS who was given a chance at a decent life after a terrible first few years and who seemed to respond through his high school years, would blow it all on an armed robbery spree. He even said at trial that he was raised better than that and his parents continue to support him even after 12 years in prison. He had a job and a car and a supportive family, why couldn't he respond to that and stay out of trouble? I think she was a random target but I think he set out that morning to do something to someone one. Why did he escalate in that direction and manner instead of a couple of more armed robberies like before?
Ex-PV wrestler gets 12 1/2 - 30 yrs. for area holdupsIt appears he thrived and even excelled while living with his adoptive parents; was he incapable of self-control once he was on his own ? He could have gotten help, but chose not to.
Feral children. Never heard that term before stopstaring. My sister used to feed feral cats at several locations. At one spot, they would not go near the food or water till she was a safe distance away. Another site she trapped some and had them spayed or neutered and returned them to their colony. While they may adapt to a new environment if forced to, they pretty much continued to be unruly and untrusting.What I was thinking after watching a show on feral children; they said if you can get to them by age 3, (or 4?), you could be successful in getting them back to "normal" but after that it's much more difficult. (Paraphrased, of course.)
Feral children. Never heard that term before stopstaring. My sister used to feed feral cats at several locations. At one spot, they would not go near the food or water till she was a safe distance away. Another site she trapped some and had them spayed or neutered and returned them to their colony. While they may adapt to a new environment if forced to, they pretty much continued to be unruly and untrusting.
I do wonder the same. I have seen suspicious vehicles. My goal is to photograph the license plate and outside of the car. Never once has it occurred to me to photograph the interior. Now if I glanced in and saw something that didn't look right at all, I would take a quick look around, behind me, snap photos and run. The only reason I would take picture of an interior is if something looked wrong.I still feel its brazen to walk up and take pictures of someones interior. The resident saw something big to risk taking pictures knowing driver can walk up to him with a gun. To risk all this for pictures do you think he saw a back seat of blood or bloody clothes?
I do wonder the same. I have seen suspicious vehicles. My goal is to photograph the license plate and outside of the car. Never once has it occurred to me to photograph the interior. Now if I glanced in and saw something that didn't look right at all, I would take a quick look around, behind me, snap photos and run. The only reason I would take picture of an interior is if something looked wrong.I still feel its brazen to walk up and take pictures of someones interior. The resident saw something big to risk taking pictures knowing driver can walk up to him with a gun. To risk all this for pictures do you think he saw a back seat of blood or bloody clothes?
It could be something as simple as he was born with a deficiency in his brain Rosiebones. While we delve into the why of his behavior, I have to remind myself this man is a monster and should never ever be let out of jail. He has caused one beautiful young woman unspeakable pain, suffering, and anguish along with her family and community. I just randomly chose a post to respond to so please don't take this personal.If a child spends his first 7 years, "on the streets" uncared for and unloved and not learning how to think of others or considering their feelings, learning empathy or compassion, how hard it must have been to be placed in an environment where those attributes are taught and expected and modeled everyday. Those synapses in his brain never developed, then he went to prison for 12 years where those behaviors were never modeled. It is no wonder this has turned out like it has. MOO MOO MOO