Martinsville Commonwealth’s Attorney Andrew Hall has announced that he will request a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate further the case involving former city manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides. Just 24 hours earlier, Hall told the Bulletin that the heavily redacted report he had received from Sands Anderson would result in “a hamstrung investigation from the start.” We asked Hall on Friday what had changed. On Aug. 18, Hall had a virtual meeting with the attorneys of Sands Anderson and confirmed that they had created a report based on their investigation. “We requested a copy of the report and any evidence that it was based on,” Hall wrote. “Sands Anderson stated that they would need further clarification from the City Council.” On Aug. 26, city council voted again to “release to the Commonwealth’s Attorney printed versions of the report that deal with any criminal activity so that the Commonwealth’s Attorney may take action as necessary.” “We subsequently received a heavily redacted report by Sands Anderson,” Hall wrote. “We again requested that we receive the un-redacted report and any evidence that it was based on. As of today [Friday], these items have not been provided to us.”