GREENSBURG, Pa. — An attorney representing a western Pennsylvania man accused of strangling his wife and dumping her body in a wooded area two years ago says the defense will focus on her client's "state of mind."
Forty-three-year-old David Stahl of Hempfield is charged in Westmoreland County with criminal homicide in the February 2012 death of 37-year-old Derry Area schoolteacher Rebecca Stahl.
Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE report that Assistant Public Defender Donna McClelland said Tuesday that the defense has hired a psychologist. The judge ordered the report of that expert witnesses turned over to prosecutors by May 1.
Late last year, another judge denied a defense request to bar prosecutors from using Stahl's statements to police during the trial, which is scheduled to begin in mid-June.
WPXI
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/XCUXZC2XYZHCRGNNGKFEX6U3LQ.png)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/PDNVGUUQUFHLBMLJHAECFZ3TPE.jpeg)
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/04-16-2024/t_7fbdef1eb2c14cb2a3cde8e3afdbae9a_name_BLUE_BACKGROUND__15_.png)
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/04-15-2024/t_40cdd1b9dc5f4d8ebedf27a16b067905_name_sewickleytorturerob_raw_GOOD_frame_27544.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/COLTSLTXVFGP7GZVACECIKNWWE.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/FHZAE3LLZFD2DAOA24KLIRSEEY.png)