Mugshot of Shawn Christopher Cranston (Crawford County Prison)
Spartansburg, Pa. (WJET/WFXP) — State police have announced the arrest of 52-year-old Shawn C. Cranston, of Corry, PA, in the killing of 23-year-old Rebekah Byler. Cranston is being charged with cr…
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Crawford Co JailShawn Cranston booking sheet.
According to the press release, the victim’s manner of death “was ruled a homicide.”
On February 26 at about 12:26 p.m., Pennsylvania police were notified “of a deceased female at a residence located on Fish Flats Road,” the release says. There was some confusion about the cause of death and the nature of Byler’s wounds.
Byler had gunshot wounds,
according to an initial report by CBS News. CBS News reported that Byler also “suffered cutting wounds to her neck and head.”
Jennifer Borrasso, a local journalist,
wrote on X, “Shawn C. Cranston of Corry, Pa charged in the death of PREGNANT AMISH WOMAN, Rebekah Byler, her unborn child after breaking into her home Mon, says Pa state police release. I’m told Byler had a gunshot wound & cut to her neck. Her two children, 2 & 3 home at the time.”
PA courtsShawn Cranston docket.
Shawn Cranston is the suspect accused in the murder of Rebekah Byler, the pregnant Amish woman and married mother of two who was murdered in her home in Pennsylvania.
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*it’s confusing about where the cuts were and conflicting reporting about the gunshots