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Lena Zook Miller

Case from Paradise, PA dated Oct 02, 2006

Victim Details

Lena Zook Miller

Female

White / Caucasian

Paradise

PA

2006-10-02

7

Lena

Zook Miller

07/02/2026

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In the quiet, rolling hills of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a tragedy unfolded that would forever mark the small community of Nickel Mines. On October 2, 2006, a gunman shattered the peace of the West Nickel Mines School, a one-room Amish schoolhouse. Among the victims of this horrific act was Lena Zook Miller, a 7-year-old Amish girl.

The perpetrator was identified as Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk truck driver who was not of the Amish faith but was familiar with the comm ...
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