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Prosecutor: Mom confessed to killing 3 young sons because husband ignored daughter

Published  August 18, 2015 7:56pm PDT
Associated Press



BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio woman has confessed to killing her three young sons over the past several months because her husband ignored their daughter.

Police in Bellefontaine say Brittany Pilkington is charged with three counts of murder. They say she reported Tuesday one son wasn't breathing and later confessed to killing him and two others.

Three-month-old Noah died Tuesday. Four-year-old Gavin died in April. Three-month-old Niall died in July 2014.

Logan County prosecutor William Goslee tells The Columbus Dispatch the mother admitted suffocating the boys. He says in her mind "she was protecting her daughter from being not as loved as the boys were by their father."

The daughter, Hailey, 3, is now with a child welfare agency.

The mother has been jailed.