Women Sentenced to Life for Child Murders

Lisa Snyder, a Pennsylvania woman, was sentenced to two life terms without parole for the murders of her two children, Conner and Brinley, who were found hanging in their home in 2019. Convicted of first-degree murder, child endangerment, and evidence tampering, Snyder showed no remorse during her sentencing. Her defense's claim of the children's deaths being a result of bullying-induced suicide was dismissed due to lack of evidence and Snyder's incriminating internet searches. Judge Theresa Johnson labeled the crime as the most violent murder she had encountered. Snyder's surviving son, Owen, called her a 'monster' and expressed his grief over losing his siblings. Similar tragic cases have seen severe sentencing, such as Becky Vreeland's life sentence for the murder of her granddaughter found in a trash can in Oklahoma.