How One Photograph Unraveled the Disappearance of an Entire Amish Family

We had a plan.”

But when Jacob’s payment was a week late in December 1991—delayed because a customer’s payment had been late—Benton invoked the immediate repayment clause.

“He came to our home,” Ruth recalls, her hands trembling even now at the memory. “He said Jacob had violated the contract. He said we owed everything immediately. When Jacob said continue reading …