Slain Pregnant Amish Woman Had Cuts to Her Head and Neck, Police Say

A barn on the Fish Flats property, a few miles outside Spartansburg, Pa., on Feb. 27, 2024. Craig Rouse/WJET via AP

SPARTANSBURG, Pa.—Search warrant filings for the Pennsylvania home where a pregnant Amish woman was killed this week said she appeared to have suffered cutting wounds to her neck and head.

Two identical search warrants were issued at the request of state police regarding the Monday slaying of Rebekah A. Byler, 23. Her body was found in the living room of her home a few miles from Spartansburg.