Mum killed sons 'because husband paid them more attention than daughter''

A young mum who confessed to killing her three sons because her husband 'ignored their daughter' is facing the death penalty after being indicted over their murders.

Brittany Pilkington admitted to killing her four-year-old boy and two three-month-old sons over a 13-month period.

The 23-year-old allegedly murdered the boys in an attempt to make her husband show their three-year-old daughter more attention.

Pilkington, from Bellefontaine, Ohio, has now been charged with three counts of murder - charges which carry the death penalty.

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