By ANDY GARDNER

MASSENA -- Prosecutors know whether or not the woman who died while lying in the roadway last year was a homicide victim, but aren’t yet making any public statements about it.

“I do know but I can’t comment on those details,” said St. Lawrence County Assistant District Attorney Joshua Haberkonhalm when asked about the manner of Ashley McDonald’s death.

McDonald was killed while lying in the road on county Route 37 on Dec. 4, 2015. She was struck by a vehicle driven by Megan Phelix of Massena.

“I can’t say what developments have been made, but it’s still an active investigation. There are investigators working on that case,” Haberkornhalm said.

In December, police said McDonald died of "multiple severe traumatic and compressive injuries."

Haberkornhalm said the investigation’s outcome rests, among other things, on the state police Collision Reconstruction Unit findings.

“What I can tell you is I think the collision reconstruction investigation has been completed, however the report has not been finalized yet. The final determinations are pending,” he said.

The ADA said he doesn’t know how much longer the probe will take.

“Good police work takes time, so however long it takes is however long it takes,” he said. “I hope we can make a decision sooner than later, but if it comes later, then that’s just the way it comes. Good investigations take time. We have to be willing to give the investigators the time they need to do a good job”

McDonald’s husband Bryan McDonald was at the accident scene. He pleaded Oct. 14 to reduced charges after beating an elderly couple who stopped at the accident scene to help.

He is expected to be sentenced to five years of probation for two counts of second-degree attempted assault, class E felonies. He was originally charged with two counts of second-degree assault, class D felonies.

Bryan McDonald resigned his position as a supervisory U.S. Border Patrol agent at the Burke station prior to the plea.