The child was hanged in the basement, and the police found photos of the deceased's mother having sex with a dog during the investigation
One day, two children hanged themselves in the basement of their home. Although the deceased's mother insisted that the child committed suicide after being bullied, when the police investigated, they found many suspicious clues, including photos of the mother having sex with a dog...
Lisa Snyder, 36, is a single mother with three children living in the small town of Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA.
In previous years, Lisa's children had been taken away by social workers because of her irresponsible relationships with the children, but in 2015, the children returned to her side (the authorities refused to disclose the specific reasons why the children were taken away).
Although Lisa had made it clear to her friends that she had had enough of caring for her children, the social workers didn't notice anything wrong until September 23, 2019.
At 4 p.m. that day, Lisa claimed to be smoking outside the house, while her son and daughter were playing in the basement, and when she finished smoking and wanted to go down and call the child out, they "hanged themselves".
Seeing this, Lisa hurriedly called an ambulance, and when the people came, she said that she tried to put the child down from the rope, but either the child was too heavy, or she was weak and did not have the strength to save people.
Later, the first responders recovered the child's heartbeat on the spot, but the two children suffocated for too long, and three days after admission, they died of brain death.
With Lisa's consent, the hospital removed the child's snorkel, and 14 minutes later, the two children were simultaneously pronounced dead by the doctor.
So, is the child really suicidal? The police had a different view at first.
One of the children was 8 years old, named Conner, and the other was 4 years old, named Brinley.
The siblings also have an older brother, who is now 17 years old, but they don't often spend time together, so Connor and Brinley have a relatively better relationship.
When the case happened, Lisa told police that Connor had expressed the idea of taking his own life, and that he said that he did not want to go on the road alone, and perhaps he would hang himself with his sister Brinley.
Why would an 8-year-old commit suicide? When questioned by the police, Lisa said that Connor had a low IQ and a fat stature, and that he was often bullied at school, so he wanted to commit suicide.
But the police felt strange because 8-year-olds generally don't think about suicide, especially the way they hanged themselves.
Police also said Connor and Brinley committed suicide with a leash on a beam in the basement, and that there should be no way for the child to do so.
Considering that such a "suicide" was unusual, the police continued to investigate and then applied for a search warrant to thoroughly investigate the scene.
Soon, the police found out that Lisa had searched the Internet for a crime documentary show "I Almost Got Away with It" before the crime.
In addition to the show, Lisa has also searched for how to fake scenes of suicide or accidental death, such as killing people with carbon monoxide emitted by cars.
More coincidentally, Lisa ordered a leash for her dog by phone before the crime, and on the day of the death of her two children, she went to a nearby supermarket to retrieve the rope.
However, the rope that Connor and Brinley hanged was not the one that Lisa bought, and the forensics searched for it in her home, but did not find it, and Lisa could not say where the rope had gone.
In response, Lisa explained that the leash for the child's suicide was picked up near the supermarket, and she did not expect the child to use it to commit suicide.
According to the information released by the court, there is another person living with Lisa's family, perhaps to protect the relationship between witnesses, and the code name "Witness 3" is used in the information.
According to This "Witness 3", Connor and Brinley would only play in the living room, they would never go to the basement to play, and Connor never showed the idea of taking his own life.
Other friends and family, including teachers and students at the school, said they had never heard of Connor being bullied, let alone talked about suicide.
However, it is admitted that Connor is somewhat "clumsy" and has a slightly lower IQ, which is why it is unlikely that he will hang the leash of the dog on the beam of the basement and tie the rope tightly and then take his sister with him to commit suicide.
Objectively speaking, an eight-year-old child who commits suicide will indeed not do that, even if they plan to take their own lives, they are mostly choosing to jump off the building.
So the police have always suspected that the murderer is Lisa, and she falsified the child's suicide scene.
When the story spread, some friends stepped forward, confirming that Lisa had had enough of caring for the children and wanted to get rid of them.
Not long after, the case occurred, and the friends thought that Lisa was suspected of committing the crime.
Meanwhile, the police continued to check Lisa's computer, trying to find some more evidence. Who knows, they looked for it, and suddenly they found some strange photos—photos of Lisa having sex with a black-and-white dog.
Although it had little to do with the murder of the two children, prosecutors believed it was animal cruelty and should be prosecuted alongside murder.
When the evidence was almost collected, prosecutors took Lisa to court on charges of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, tampering with evidence, endangering children, and animal cruelty.
Like the other suspects, Lisa did not admit guilt, saying that she could not hang the child alone, maybe her 4-year-old daughter could, but her 8-year-old son was about 136 pounds, and she could not hang his son at all.
In this regard, the forensic doctor explained that the two children did not have any drugs in their bodies, so at the time of the crime, they should be sober, and according to common sense, they would choose to resist, but there was no sign of resistance at the scene.
Of course, that does not rule out that Lisa has cleaned up the scene, and the forensic doctor also believes that children generally do not choose to hang themselves, so the possibility of Connor and Brinley being murdered is still very large.
At present, the case is still under trial, Lisa has not yet been convicted, and foreign netizens have determined that she is the murderer.
Someone left a message: "Rest in peace, children." Not only did I feel sick about the crimes she (Lisa) committed, but the things she did to the dogs also disgusted me. ”