<p>A US mother in Ohio admitted killing her three young sons in separate incidents over the past 13 months because her husband paid more attention to the boys than a daughter, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Brittany Pilkington called 911 shortly after 3:00 am on Tuesday to report that her three-month-old baby, Noah, wasn't breathing. Police said they immediately began a "tedious investigation" because it was "the third such incidence at this same residence involving similar circumstances."<br /><br />Another three-month-old son, Niall, was found dead by father Joseph Pilkington when he came home from work in July last year. The cause of death was not determined.<br />Then on April 6, the father came home to find their four-year-old son, Gavin, was also dead.<br />Brittany Pilkington was charged with murder after she confessed "she intentionally killed all three of her sons," police said in a statement.<br /><br />She reportedly killed them by putting a blanket over their heads and suffocating them because her husband paid more attention to the boys than he did their daughter, who will turn four later this month.<br /><br />"In her mind, she was protecting her daughter from being not as loved as the boys were by their father," Logan County Prosecutor William Goslee told the Columbus Dispatch.<br /><br />Noah and his sister Hailey had been removed from the home because the police were investigating Gavin's death. But a judge sent them back earlier this week after a coroner determined that neither Gavin nor Niall had died of suspicious causes, the paper said.<br /><br />Brittany Pilkington's uncle was appalled that the children were returned to the family.<br />"Why would you give them back after a little boy just died and when you're in the middle of an investigation?" Joe Skaggs told the Dispatch.<br /><br />Goslee said child protective services typically try to keep families together, but added, "I've been aware, and concerned about, this family since this first child died."<br /><br />The Bellefontaine, Ohio police department said the deaths "leave a pit in our stomachs."<br />"Our condolences go out to the remaining family members and friends who have supported this family through this very difficult thirteen months."</p>
<p>A US mother in Ohio admitted killing her three young sons in separate incidents over the past 13 months because her husband paid more attention to the boys than a daughter, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Brittany Pilkington called 911 shortly after 3:00 am on Tuesday to report that her three-month-old baby, Noah, wasn't breathing. Police said they immediately began a "tedious investigation" because it was "the third such incidence at this same residence involving similar circumstances."<br /><br />Another three-month-old son, Niall, was found dead by father Joseph Pilkington when he came home from work in July last year. The cause of death was not determined.<br />Then on April 6, the father came home to find their four-year-old son, Gavin, was also dead.<br />Brittany Pilkington was charged with murder after she confessed "she intentionally killed all three of her sons," police said in a statement.<br /><br />She reportedly killed them by putting a blanket over their heads and suffocating them because her husband paid more attention to the boys than he did their daughter, who will turn four later this month.<br /><br />"In her mind, she was protecting her daughter from being not as loved as the boys were by their father," Logan County Prosecutor William Goslee told the Columbus Dispatch.<br /><br />Noah and his sister Hailey had been removed from the home because the police were investigating Gavin's death. But a judge sent them back earlier this week after a coroner determined that neither Gavin nor Niall had died of suspicious causes, the paper said.<br /><br />Brittany Pilkington's uncle was appalled that the children were returned to the family.<br />"Why would you give them back after a little boy just died and when you're in the middle of an investigation?" Joe Skaggs told the Dispatch.<br /><br />Goslee said child protective services typically try to keep families together, but added, "I've been aware, and concerned about, this family since this first child died."<br /><br />The Bellefontaine, Ohio police department said the deaths "leave a pit in our stomachs."<br />"Our condolences go out to the remaining family members and friends who have supported this family through this very difficult thirteen months."</p>