If not from him, likely his wife. She seems truly devastated by what he did, so all of them are probably struggling to put the pieces together. They are considered victims here as well.
I agree - in the beginning of the thread, it was noted that the Bylers wanted to sell the house shortly after they bought it. Perhaps harassment and a realization that they had a real problem prompted them to try and sell the house right away...
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You can't fathom that Cranston would be on a slow burn, over the loss of a grandchild? Maybe he himself tried to gain custody and was refused, that would add fuel to the fire, JMO.
I’m not implying anything. I appreciate your perspective and the questions you raise and that still does not explain why SC shot her. Do you believe SC mistook Rebekah Byler for someone else? Because it seems like if SC did attend a court hearing and/or confronted the adoptive family, that would undermine the mistaken identity theory.
not the OP but if this man was chronically angry, the victim could have still represented to him, "the people who took my grandson away" IMO (not saying that anything he did makes any sense in a rational way)
No, I don't think he mistook Rebekah for someone else at all.
Small world!! I was born and raised in Mount Joy!I’ll just leave this article here for everyone’s reading. I don’t mean to imply that this has anything to do with what happened, but I grew up in Lancaster County, PA surrounded by lots of Amish neighbors. This was 20-30 years ago. Even back then it was fairly well known that there were connections with drugs, biker gangs, organised crime.
I think there is a perception that Amish communities are idyllic and olde world far removed from the dysfunction of the modern world, but they have the same dark elements as the rest of us in our communities.
Now me personally, I don’t know that this isn’t closer to home, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to me either if this has a drugs/organised crime element (even if as a result of mistaken identity). JMO
Growhouses, Pot Fields and Biker Gangs: The Secret Lives and Crimes of Amish Drug Dealers
Just because you avoid modernity, doesn’t mean you abide by the lawmelmagazine.com
I didn’t look up property records but are we sure the previous owners were related or they just have the same surname? As someone previously stated, in these small insular communities you are going to see the same surnames over and over again, even in Amish communities in other states.
I connected the dots, that's all I can say - MOO.
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BBM. I have even considered that perhaps the fact that she was pregnant infuriated him even more than he already was. If he seriously thought that she was the mother of his adopted grandchild, perhaps he thought "how dare her steal MY grandbaby, and then have another one of your own, too", in addition to the others, she already had.
Certain kinds of murders do have victims who are representative of who the murderer is really enraged. Sad as that is. How old do you think his grandson was/is? Why didn’t he kidnap the 4 yr old who apparently saw him murder his mother?
