How One Photograph Unraveled the Disappearance of an Entire Amish Family

feet, carved out of what should have been the back corner of the barn’s main floor. Sunlight streamed through the opened door, illuminating what had been darkness for twenty years.

The room was empty of people but full of evidence that people had been there.

Against one wall sat three pallets made of straw and old blankets, now rotted and moth-eaten.continue reading …