Beechale Road: Where Mercy is More Powerful Than Murder

by Megan Shertzer & Tim Rogers

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.

154 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2024

Reviews

[w gall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Despite the murder of a young Amish girl, the Amish community forgives and reaches out to the murderer's family. This story is about turmoil this family wrestled with - the guilt, the sense of unworthiness as they experienced forgiveness and concern for them from the Amish. And reading this story gave me a little sense of their struggles. A serious, meaningful book.