Brittany Pilkington, of Bellefontaine, about 160 miles (260 km)
southwest of Cleveland, was arrested on three counts of murder and
was being held at the Logan County jail, police said.
Pilkington, who confessed to killing her boys after questioning,
told investigators she had murdered them because their father,
Joseph Pilkington, was not paying enough attention to their
daughter, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper reported.
Police did not confirm Brittany Pilkington's age but the Dispatch
reported she is 23.
Pilkington called 911 early on Tuesday to report that her
3-month-old son, Noah, was not breathing, Bellefontaine police said
in a news release. The child was unresponsive and sent to a local
hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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address under similar circumstances, so authorities "began a tedious
investigation into Noah's death," the release said.
Police went to the residence in July 2014 after Joseph Pilkington
returned home from work and reported that he had found his
3-month-old son, Niall, dead. The cause of death was undetermined
due to lack of evidence at the scene, police said.
Their 4-year-old son Gavin was then found dead at home in April this
year, authorities said. That case is still open.
Police spent Tuesday interviewing Brittany Pilkington, who confessed
that she intentionally killed all three of her sons, police said in
the news release.
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According to the Columbus Dispatch, Pilkington told prosecutors she
suffocated her boys with blankets because her husband was paying
more attention to them than the couple's 3-year-old daughter.
"The tragic deaths of Niall, Gavin and Noah leave a pit in our
stomachs today,” Bellefontaine Police Chief Brandon Standley said in
a statement.
Pilkington would be arraigned in coming days. It was unclear if she
would hire a private attorney or be assigned a public defender. The
Pilkington residence could not be reached by phone for comment on
Tuesday.
A coroner would determine the cause of the children's deaths, police
said.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in Los Angeles)
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