Mum 'who hanged son, 8, and daughter, 4, with dog leash' in tears as surviving child speaks in court

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Lisa Snyder, 41, is accused of hanging 8 twelvemonth aged Connor and 4 twelvemonth aged girl Brinley successful the basement of her Pennsylvania location successful 2019

A mother accused of hanging her 2 tiny children with dog leads broke down successful court as her surviving lad gave his grounds and said helium nary longer saw her arsenic his mum.

Lisa Snyder, 41, is alleged to person hanged eight-year-old Connor and four-year-old Brinley successful the basement of their Pennsylvania location successful 2019. The children tragically passed distant 3 days aboriginal aft being taken disconnected beingness support.

In her defence, Synder claimed that Connor was being bullied astatine schoolhouse and had been making suicidal threats. However, constabulary recovered grounds that Snyder had searched online for accusation astir suicide, decease by hanging, however to termination someone, and had besides looked for episodes of a transgression documentary bid called "I Almost Got Away With It."

Authorities were instantly sceptical of her termination claim, stating they recovered nary grounds to backmost it up. There were nary signs of distress connected schoolhouse autobus information footage recorded that day, and an occupational therapist aboriginal stated that helium wasn't physically susceptible of inflicting specified harm connected himself oregon his younger sister.

The coroner ruled that some children were killed by hanging and declared the deaths arsenic homicides, reports the Mirror US.

Lisa's lad Owen Synder, 22, took to the basal connected Tuesday to talk astir the killings, causing Snyder to interruption down successful tears successful court. Owen said: "I conscionable don't spot her arsenic my parent anymore," erstwhile asked wherefore helium referred to Snyder arsenic 'Lisa'.

Owen besides suggested that Connor had carnal limitations that would person made it challenging to acceptable up the hangings.

Initially, Snyder was besides accused of engaging successful intersexual enactment with her pit bull conscionable earlier the killings, based connected grounds recovered successful her Facebook account.

However, a justice decided that these allegations would not beryllium included successful the execution proceedings aft the defence squad argued that they would bias the jury.