Glen Albert Pritchett, a 24-year-old white male from Texas, was found dead on May 12, 1985, by the side of a road in Texas. His body bore multiple gunshot wounds, indicating a violent and deliberate killing. Pritchett, originally from Logan, Utah, had served in the U.S. Coast Guard and was a divorced father of two. At the time of his death, he was living in Texas and sharing a residence with Eli Stutzman, a man who would later become known as 'The Amish Serial Killer.'
Authorities
quickly identified Eli Stutzman as a suspect in the murder of Glen Albert Pritchett. However, by the time law enforcement connected the dots, Stutzman had already fled the state. His disappearance complicated the investigation, but his name would resurface in connection with other suspicious deaths across multiple states. Stutzman was eventually apprehended and charged with Pritchett's murder. He was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for the killing of the 24-year-old white male.
Stutzman's criminal history extended beyond the murder of Glen Albert Pritchett. He was also suspected in the deaths of his own son, Daniel Stutzman, whose body was found in Nebraska later that same year, and two acquaintances in Durango, Colorado. Although he was never formally charged in those additional cases due to insufficient evidence, law enforcement continued to view him as the prime suspect.
After serving part of his sentence, Eli Stutzman was released from prison in 2005. He moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he lived quietly until 2007. That year, neighbors reported not seeing him for several days, prompting a welfare check by police. Officers discovered that Stutzman had died by suicide, closing the final chapter on a man linked to a string of mysterious and tragic deaths—including that of Glen Albert Pritchett, a young white male whose life was cut short in a senseless act of violence.
