Jury selection starting soon for PA man accused of murdering pregnant Amish woman
Erie, PA (WJET/WFXP)– The case for the man accused of killing a pregnant Amish woman in Pennsylvania a year ago will soon be heading to trial.
Shawn Cranston, 53, will face a jury in little over a week and that jury will go on to decide if Cranston is guilty of the murder of Rebekah Byler and her unborn child on Fish Flats Road in Sparta Township in February of last year.
According to Crawford County Common Pleas court officials, jury selection will start on March 11.
The case is now being prosecuted by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. That change was made in October due to a lack of staffing in the Crawford County District Attorney’s Office.
Cranston has been in prison without bond since he was taken into custody.
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