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The man who injected a Brookville girl with a lethal dose of heroin will spend the next eight to 16 years in state prison. During sentencing for 30-year-old Shawn Ryan Carr of Kittanning the judge said he wanted to reject the deal Carr made with prosecutors because he thought it was too lenient. But he imposed the sentence because the family of 19-year-old Devan Knapp wanted the ordeal to end. After being injected with the heroin Devan stopped breathing. That’s when Carr moved her body to her car, drove her to Clarion County and put her in the driver’s seat with a syringe on her lap to make it look as if she overdosed there. Her family reported her missing on January 13. Her body was found two days later. Carr had pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death and other charges in July. Pictured, Devan Knapp The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

A man who allegedly witnessed the lethal overdose of a Brookville teenager is now charged with helping moving the dead body. 32-year-old Joel Stark of Rimersburg is charged with conspiracy in connection to the death of 19-year-old Devan Knapp. He is free on $25,000 unsecured bail. Knapp went missing on January 11, and her body was found January 15 inside her car on a road in Clarion County. 29-year-old Shawn Ryan Carr of Kittanning allegedly injected Knapp with heroin, and when she stopped breathing, drove her car to the place it was found, put her in the driver’s seat and put a syringe on her lap. He is charged with third-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and a number of other offenses. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947