http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/18/politics/pentagon-south-china-sea-intercept/index.html
The judge is expected to decide whether to punish or show mercy to the frail, sick, grieving mom for killing her disabled 28-year-old daughter, Courtney, in a failed murder-suicide attempt nearly a year ago. Liltz, 56, pleaded guilty last week to a lesser offense of involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors reduced her initial murder charge, her attorney, Thomas Glasgow, told CNN. A withered Liltz - who says she has weighed no more than 100 pounds since she was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 19 - recalled thinking the night she decided to drug her daughter that "If I am dying, what's going to happen to Courtney?" according to court transcripts. Tyler Mann, whom Liltz cared for at a young age, told the court that she opened his eyes to treating people with disabilities the same as others, according to Glasgow.
When a resurgence of cancer had required Liltz to undergo surgery in 2012, Courtney was put in a nursing home for a week, she explained to the judge. Liltz, who Glasgow said had adopted Courtney after her birth mother and adoptive family had given up on the girl, said Courtney was unable to understand that her "Momma" would be coming back. Mother and daughter were found unconscious that afternoon, on May 27, 2015, by a family member, according to police in Liltz's town of Schaumburg, Illinois, about 30 miles outside Chicago.
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