Donachy's post-sentencing hearing continued

March 9, 2012

A post-sentencing hearing for Lawrence Earl Donachy, 36, of St. Marys, was continued to a later time and date as announced by Elk County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Richard Masson on Friday morning.
In October, a 12-member Butler County jury found Donachy guilty of second-degree murder, rape, burglary and aggravated assault in the April 5-6, 1999 homicide of Irene Challingsworth, a 56-year-old St. Marys beautician. The lengthy trial took place inside the Elk County Courthouse in Ridgway.
The hearing was continued due to technical difficulties experienced during the teleconference, which was held in Conference Room #2 of the Elk County Courthouse Annex.