Drue Scott Burd, 25, was sentenced to life without parole by Blair County President Judge Elizabeth Doyle on Aug. 5, 2022, a month prior to his scheduled trial for the death of Angela Elizabeth ...

Burd also told Doyle he still wanted to render the plea even though he wasn’t fully satisfied with the legal representation provided by Chief Public Defender Russ Montgomery and Assistant Public ...

Meanwhile, Burd filed a petition in the U.S. District Court in Scranton seeking federal intervention that would allow him to withdraw his guilty plea so he could present his case to a jury.