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8 Amish Residents From VA Dead In Fiery Wisconsin Tractor-Trailer Crash
A 6-month-old baby was among eight Virginia residents killed in a fiery crash involving a tractor trailer Friday, March 8 in Wisconsin, authorities said.
The Clark County Sherif's Office identified the eight Virginia victims as:
James K. McCoy (driver), 46; Linda Byler, 44; Lydia Byler, 24; Orla Schrock 24; Ellen Schrock, 23; Delila Schrock, 21; Suzanna Hertzler, 18, and the 6-month-old baby.
Multiple news outlets including ABC affiliate WISN said the eight Virginia victims were members of an Amish community in Virginia.
The semi tractor-trailer, operated by 51-year-old Daniel G. Liddicoa…
PA Man Who Struck Amish Teen Dead Sentenced, 'Not Their Place To Judge' Community Says
A Lititz man who pleaded guilty to striking an Amish horse and buggy — killing an Amish teen — has been sentenced by an "English" judge but the local Amish community apparently feels differently about the tragedy.
Phillip Cornelius Sullivan, II, then 18 years old, driving a 2009 Lexus Sedan, struck a horse-drawn buggy, ejecting the driver, 18-year-old Andrew J. Stoltzfus of Honey Brook, before fleeing the scene, according to the police.
The whole incident happened along the 5700 block of Division Highway around 2:45 a.m. on July 5, 2021, as Daily Vice reported at the time.
Stoltzfus …
Serial Child Predator Who Abused PA Amish Boys Doing Yard Work Learns His Punishment
A serial child predator from Pennsylvania who abused a pair of teen Amish brothers who he hired to do house work for him among other heinous crimes has learned his punishment, authorities said.
Robert Dean Caesar, 60, of Oxford, was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison for possessing and manufacturing child pornography, authorities announced Thursday. Oct. 20. He pleaded guilty in April, prosecutors said.
In 2017, Caesar hired the teen boys, ages 14 and 15, to perform yard work and other chores around his Chester County home, according to the indictment. Caesar sexu…
