| − | Tracy Latimer was born November 23rd, 1980. An interruption of oxygen during the birth resulted in severe [[cerebral palsy]], leading to disabilities treatable only by medications. On October 24, 1993, Laura Latimer found Tracy dead. She had died under the care of her father while the rest of the family was at church. At first, Robert Latimer claimed she had died in her sleep, but when an autopsy revealed high levels of carbon monoxide in her blood, he admitted to attaching a hose to the exhaust pipe of his truck into the cab, and placing Tracy in the cab. Robert Latimer claimed his actions were out of love and wish to put her out of her suffering. | + | Tracy Latimer was born November 23, 1980. An interruption of oxygen during the birth resulted in severe [[cerebral palsy]], leading to disabilities treatable only by medications. On October 24, 1993, Laura Latimer found Tracy dead. She had died under the care of her father while the rest of the family was at church. At first, Robert Latimer claimed she had died in her sleep, but when an autopsy revealed high levels of carbon monoxide in her blood, he admitted to attaching a hose to the exhaust pipe of his truck into the cab, and placing Tracy in the cab. Robert Latimer claimed his actions were out of love and wish to put her out of her suffering. |