2024 Amish murder case transferred to Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office
The case against Shawn Cranston, the man accused of killing a pregnant Amish woman in Sparta Township nearly a year ago, is now being handled by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.
Crawford County District Attorney Paula Digiacomo told JET 24/FOX 66 that she made that request in October due to a lack of staffing.
Digiacomo said that she was down to only two prosecutors in her office with herself being one of them.
Digiacomo handled Cranston's preliminary hearings and discovery but has now handed the case over to two prosecutors appointed by the attorney general's office.
She added she's happy to help out however she can moving forward, and would have prosecuted the case herself if she had the resources to.
Cranston is accused of killing 23-year-old Rebecca Byler inside her home on Fish Flats Road back in February 2024.
Cranston's trial is still scheduled to go on in March of this year.
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