Doctors: Pilkington has brain damage, confession should be out

The lawyers for a Bellefontaine mom accused of killing her three sons have asked again for her confession to be thrown out based on new medical testimony that she suffers from brain damage.

Two doctors who evaluated Brittany Pilkington say trauma as a child, lead poisoning at a young age and a borderline low IQ impaired the now 25-year-old’s ability to withstand coercive interrogation from police.

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Pilkington is charged with aggravated murder for killing her three sons — infant Niall in July 2014, 4-year-old Gavin in April 2015 and infant Noah on Aug. 18, 2015. If convicted she could face the death penalty.

Her trial date has been pushed back multiple times and the next hearings on motions are now scheduled for Aug. 21 and 22.

Her defense lawyers previously filed a motion to suppress her statements made to police following Noah’s death, in which she allegedly confessed to smothering each of the boys. They argued that confession was coerced, but the judge disagreed.

Pilkington’s lawyers are now asking that their motion to suppress be reopened because the results of the new evaluations weren't available until after the court’s November denial of that motion.

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