Police: Siblings who died last month were found hanging in basement of Berks County home

Pennsylvania State Police have released details about the deaths of an 8-year-old boy and his 4-year-old sister last month in Berks County and said the children were found hanging in their basement.Police said in a search warrant application that Conner and Brinley Snyder's mother found her children Sept. 23 hanging from a beam in the basement of their Albany Township home. The children had a wire cable around their necks, police said.Medical personnel revived the siblings, but they died three days later a hospital. Autopsy results are pending.State police said the investigation is far from over.“You have to rely on physical evidence, interviews, search warrants for phone stuff, computer stuff. It’s still a very active ongoing investigation," said Trooper David Beohm.A search warrant shows that among the electronics state police collected was an X-Box gaming console.There have been no arrests.

Pennsylvania State Police have released details about the deaths of an 8-year-old boy and his 4-year-old sister last month in Berks County and said the children were found hanging in their basement.


Police said in a search warrant application that Conner and Brinley Snyder's mother found her children Sept. 23 hanging from a beam in the basement of their Albany Township home. The children had a wire cable around their necks, police said.

Medical personnel revived the siblings, but they died three days later a hospital. Autopsy results are pending.

State police said the investigation is far from over.

“You have to rely on physical evidence, interviews, search warrants for phone stuff, computer stuff. It’s still a very active ongoing investigation," said Trooper David Beohm.

A search warrant shows that among the electronics state police collected was an X-Box gaming console.

There have been no arrests.