READING, Pa. -- The mother convicted of hanging her two children in the basement of her northern Berks County home in 2019 has officially learned her fate. Lisa Snyder was sentenced Thursday to two consecutive sentences of life in prison without parole, followed by 8.
5-17 years in prison on the remaining charges, said the Berks County district attorney's office. Snyder was found guilty last month of two counts of first-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and evidence tampering. GUILTY: Lisa Snyder convicted of 2019 murders of two children Snyder killed her two children, 8-year-old Conner and 4-year-old Brinley, on the afternoon of September 23, 2019 by hanging them from a beam in the basement of their home in the 2400 block of Route 143 in Albany Township, a judge determined.
The siblings, who paramedics found unresponsive, were flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital where they were taken off life support three days later. Snyder had placed blame for the deaths on her son, claiming he was a suicidal victim of bullying and saying he expressed a desire to end his own life but was afraid to die alone, according to court paperwork. During the emotional bench trial, which lasted seven days, several family members testified as did school officials and counselors.
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