Would this have been different if he had used an axe or a hatchet?

As I noted earlier, I have spent many years working in Amish areas and I have great respect for them. Possibly the most brilliant man I've ever met was Amish and considered himself a simple farmer -- who just happened to have testified in the Amish Schools case, was for years the Superintendent of Amish Schools in Geauga County Ohio, literally wrote the book on teaching in the Amish schools, literally wrote the book for parents and students, wrote history textbook for the schools entitled "Our Better Country", a fictionalized account of his decision to stay Amish, and his own autobiography (I own the last two titles). And yet, even in his seventies, he maintained a sense of wonder and a religious faith I envy.

Uri would have prayed for the souls of the girls and their killer, because, as he once said to me, "Those who live violent lives are ill and need help, so I pray for them."