Amish man who "disemboweled his wife" and convicted of involuntary  manslaughter found dead
Channel: Joseph Slabaugh - SlabaughDotcom Amish Joe
Date: 2011-01-16

CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS -- A Crawford County man convicted in 1994 of involuntary manslaughter in his wife's slaying was found dead Friday morning in Rockdale Township.

Crawford County Chief Deputy Coroner Scott Schell identified the man as Ed Gingerich, 45. Schell ruled the cause of death as suicide.

Schell said Gingerich was found hanged inside a barn on the property in the 27000 block of Miller Station Road where Gingerich lived.

Gingerich in 1994 became the first Amish person in Pennsylvania ever charged with homicide.

On March 18, 1993, Gingerich killed and disemboweled his wife, Katie, in their Rockdale Township home. A year later, a Crawford County jury found Gingerich guilty of involuntary manslaughter, but mentally ill.

He was sentenced to serve two and a half to five years in state prison. Gingerich was released from prison in March 1998 and moved to another Amish community in Michigan.

Schell said Gingerich had been living with other residents at the Rockdale Township residence for at least the past year.

Residents told authorities that Gingerich left the home Friday at about 10 a.m. to feed several horses in a nearby barn.

Residents discovered his body at about noon, Schell said. Shop online: http://amish.co/go/amazon/