Lisa Snyder, a Pennsylvanian mother, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2019 hanging deaths of her two young children, Conner, 8, and Brinley, 4. The verdict was delivered on September 24, 5 years after the tragedy by a Berks County judge following a non-jury trial.
Back on September 23, 2019, Snyder called 911, reporting that she had found her children hanging from a support beam in the basement of their Albany Township home. The children were discovered hanging approximately three feet apart from a single wired cable with plastic coating. Despite being rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital, both children were pronounced dead three days later.
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Lisa Snyder, a 41-year-old Pennsylvania mom, banged a pitbull and then hanged her two kids from their necks with the dog leash.
The children were Conner, 8, and Brinley, 4. She denies taking her children’s lives and claimed they hanged themselves.
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During the investigation, authorities uncovered disturbing evidence that contradicted Snyder’s initial claims. She had told police that her son, Conner, was bullied and suicidal, and that he had decided to take his own life and his sister’s.
However, family members and school employees testified that Conner was not bullied and had never shown signs of suicidal tendencies.
“Eight-year-olds, generally, that I am aware of, do not commit suicide, so of course we had questions,” Berks County District Attorney John Adams said at the time of Snyder’s arrest.
Prosecutors presented evidence that the Pennsylvanian mother had conducted internet searches on suicide and crime shortly before the incident. They also revealed that she had purchased the dog lead used in the hangings the day before the tragic event.
Snyder was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, child endangerment, and evidence tampering. The first-degree murder convictions carry an automatic life sentence in Pennsylvania.
Adams expressed relief at the verdict, stating, “This was a nightmare of a case from day one”.
