COGAN STATION, Pa. - The discovery of the bodies of two young girls missing for years and buried in the backyard of a Pennsylvania home has led to the arrest of two women.Authorities identified the bodies of 6-year-old Nicole Snyder and 4-year-old Jasmine Snyder on Monday.
Authorities say that the older girl was buried in 2016 and the younger one was buried in 2017.The girls' mother, 32-year-old Marie Snyder, and her partner Echo Butler, 26, have been arrested on charges of child endangerment and obstruction in Lycoming County, and authorities have opened a homicide investigation, the Williamsport Sun-Gazette reported.The girls' bodies were transported Monday to Erie for examination by a forensic anthropologist, officials said.