The Children in the Basement: Suicide or Murder?

Lisa Snyder calls 911 after discovering her 8-year-old son Connor and 4-year-old daughter, Brinley, hanging in the basement. When EMTs arrive, the children are still hanging....and still ALIVE. Today on Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will share his personal experiences with hangings and explains what is to be learned from the scene as Dave Mack takes a look what the mother claims and what the facts of the case prove. Murder or Suicide, the deaths of Conner and Brinley Snyder.

Transcript Highlights

00:20.99 Introduction

01:39.59 Two Children found hanging in basement 

04:19.14 Suicidal ideation with vocalization

09:37.34 Discussion of death by hanging

14:59.93 Children were hanging but still alive

19:49.57 Not an accident

24:50.58 8-year-old Connor has dexterity issues

29:02.38 Children fully aware of what was happening to them

33:28.72 Description of what would have taken place if Snyder is telling the truth

38:24.73 Struggling with issues Crisis line 988

39:05.42 Conclusion

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