Pennsylvania State Police search warrant applications obtained from the office of District Judge Kim Bagenstoes, Hamburg, indicate the mother, identified as Lisa R. Snyder, 36, of the two Albany Township children who died Sept. 26 in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, reportedly found her 8-year-old son and his 4-year-old sister hanging by a plastic-coated dog line in the basement of their home in the 2400 block of Route 143.

According to the affidavit of probable cause attached to the Oct. 2 search warrant application, the youngsters, identified on Sept. 30 by Lehigh County Coroner Eric Minnich as Brinley L. Snyder, 4, and Conner Snyder, 8; were located at 4:41 p.m. Sept. 23 by two Kempton Fire Department EMTs hanging approximately 3 feet apart from a plastic coated single wire cable with ends containing swivel eye snap hooks.

The affidavit further states the wire was wrapped around the main support beam in the basement and each end of the wire was wrapped around the two children’s necks.

Alongside the siblings were two wooden dining room chairs which had been knocked over.

The two youngsters were airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital, where they were admitted to the Pediatric Care Unit on full life support.

Before arriving at the hospital, both were in full cardiac arrest and were resuscitated.

Their mother, according to the affidavit, allegedly told state troopers she owned a black, medium-size dog, described as a Husky-pit bull mix, weighing approximately 50 pounds.

She also reportedly told police the dog is placed outside the home attached to a wire cable.

A handwritten note by a state trooper on the receipt/inventory of seized property, however, states, “Dog given away.”

Other items requested in search warrants issued over several days included an X-Box, which state police became aware of through an interview with Snyder and a 17-year-old who police say resides at the home; a cellphone, two Apple iPads and a Camo laptop computer.

The cause of death for the two children, however, will remain unknown for awhile longer.

On Sept. 30, Minnich said the cause and manner of death for the children is pending further forensic testing.

In addition to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office, the deaths are being investigated by State Police, Troop L, Hamburg, with assistance from the Berks County District Attorney’s Office.

Volunteer firefighters with the Kempton Fire Company, along with Kutztown, Hamburg and Cetronia ambulance corps personnel assisted at the scene.