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11mo ago

Michigan Mother Receives 20-Year Sentence for 2003 Murder of Newborn Twins

Antoinette Briley pleaded guilty to the murder of her twin sons, resolving a cold case that began over two decades ago.

Antoinette Briley’s twin sons were found by a waste management employee June 6, 2003, as they were emptying the trash bins in an alley in the 4800 block of South Latrobe Avenue, in unincorporated Stickney Township.
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Overview

  • Antoinette Briley, 44, was sentenced in Illinois after pleading guilty to suffocating her newborn twins in 2003.
  • The case, which had gone cold, was reopened in 2018 using advanced DNA and genetic genealogy techniques.
  • Briley was arrested in 2020 after DNA linked her to the infants found in a Chicago-area trash bin.
  • The infants died from asphyxiation shortly after birth; their bodies were discovered by a waste management worker.
  • Briley's guilty plea marks the end of a lengthy judicial process, including initial charges of first-degree murder.