US EditionCranston Trial Day Three -- Prison Inmate Recalls Alleged Confession
- A jury convicted Shawn Christopher Cranston of first-degree murder for killing pregnant Rebekah Byler in rural Pennsylvania.
- Cranston also faced convictions for second-degree murder of Byler's unborn child and related offenses.
- Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday described the crime against Byler and her unborn child as heinous.
- The investigation included a boy who reported seeing a man in sneakers kill his mother.
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Corry man guilty in brutal killing of pregnant Amish woman, jury says
After deliberating for just over three hours on Thursday, a jury of 12 Crawford County residents found Shawn A. Cranston guilty in the murder of 23-year-old Rebekah Byler of Spartansburg and her unborn child during a burglary on Feb. 26,…
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Cranston trial day three -- Prison inmate recalls alleged confession
It’s day three of testimony in the trial of Shawn Cranston, the man accused of murdering Rebekah Byler, a pregnant Amish woman, in Sparta Township last year. Wednesday morning, jurors heard from a fellow prison inmate who testified Cranston confessed to killing Byler, along with a forensic pathologist. According to that inmate, Cranston was surprised to find Byler in the home, and they “surprised each other." Cranston told the inmate, “The lady…
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