How One Photograph Unraveled the Disappearance of an Entire Amish Family

couldn’t raise $13,000 in thirty days. Borrowing from family or community members would have exposed his financial troubles and brought shame. Asking the church for help would have required confessing to debt—a practice many Amish try to avoid.

According to witness statements collected in 2012, Benton visited the Miller farm multiple times in early continue reading …