A 4-Year-Old Weighed Just 5 Lbs?! Mom Admits She Tortured & Starved Daughters, Then Buried Them In Backyard
19.03.2022 - 00:25
/ perezhilton.com
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A mother in rural Pennsylvania has admitted in court that she tortured, intentionally starved, and killed her two young daughters.
Marie Snyder, 32, testified in court on Wednesday that she and her girlfriend, 26-year-old Echo Butler, intentionally withheld food from Marie’s daughters, Nicole Snyder and Jasmine Snyder, over a long period prior to their deaths. We previously reported on this case in November of last year, after officials in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania initially arrested Snyder when the girls, who had been unaccounted for since 2015, were found buried in a backyard of a home in the area.
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Snyder, who was charged with first-degree murder after the discovery of the girls’ bodies, has been opening up about the horrific situation during her testimony for the prosecution in the ongoing court case. According to the Harrisburg Patriot News, District Attorney Ryan C. Gardner reportedly convinced Snyder to finally “do something right for her daughters” and come clean about the awful ordeal they suffered through.
In her testimony, Snyder revealed that Nicole died in May of 2016 when she was just 6 years old after she and Butler withheld food and water from the girl for a two-week period. Per NorthCentralPA.com, the mother further explained that both girls underwent physical torture and attacks repeatedly:
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At one point, Marie says, she had an attack of conscience and tried to call the police. After dialing 9-1-1, Echo and her mother, Michele Butler, allegedly ordered Marie to hang up the phone — then demanded that she tell the dispatcher the call had been a mistake when they