Shawn Cranston found guilty of 2024 murder of pregnant Amish woman
Shawn Cranston, 53, was found guilty on all charges in the February 2024 murder of a pregnant Amish woman in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Rebecca Byler, 23, was found with multiple slits to her throat and a gunshot wound to the head.
Prosecutors said Byler and her unborn child were killed during an attempted burglary at her home on Fish Flats Road.
Byler's two small children, ages two and three, were home during the murder, but were not harmed.
The children were home alone with their deceased mother for about two hours, until Byler's husband, Andy, returned home from work.
Cranston was found guilty of criminal homicide in the first degree, criminal homicide of an unborn child in the second degree, burglary in the first degree and criminal trespass in the first degree.
Cranston is set to be sentenced on July 28 at 9:15 a.m. He's facing life in prison.
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