Lisa Snyder is a killer from Pennsylvania who would be convicted of the two murders of her children
According to court documents emergency personnel were called to the Snyder home and when they arrived they would find eight year old Connor and four year old Brinley hanging from the rafters in the basement of the home
Lisa Snyder attempted to tell authorities that her eight year old son had been suicidal and that he killed his sister before killing himself. Authorities quickly saw through her story and she would be arrested and charged with the double murders
Lisa Snyder would be convicted of two counts of first degree murder, charges of endangering the welfare of a child and tampering with physical evidence
Lisa would be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole
Lisa Snyder Case
A Pennsylvania mother who killed her two young children by hanging them in the family’s home has been sentenced to two life terms, according to Berks County District Attorney.
On Thursday, a judge sentenced Lisa Snyder of Berks County a month after her conviction on two counts of first-degree murder.
Back in 2019, Snyder’s eight-year-old son Conner and four-year-old daughter Brinley were found hanging in the basement of their Albany Township home.
The siblings were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where they died three days later.
Snyder had told police her son was bullied and had threatened to take his life, but authorities said they found no evidence to support her claim. The boy displayed no signs of trouble that day on a school bus security video.
An occupational therapist later said the child wasn’t physically capable of causing that kind of harm to himself or his little sister.
Police also cited Snyder’s online searches for information about suicide, death by hanging, and how to kill someone, as well as episodes of a documentary crime series called “I Almost Got Away With It.”
A coroner said both children were killed by hanging and ruled the deaths homicides.
The defense had sought an acquittal, saying the case was based on speculation and “guesswork.”
Snyder opted for a judge instead of a jury to hear the case. Berks County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Theresa Johnson took about an hour before issuing a guilty verdict. Snyder also was convicted of child endangerment and evidence tampering.