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The Murder Of Tracy Latimer

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Robert Latimer was convicted for murdering his 12 year old daughter, Tracy Latimer. Tracy had cerebral palsy that lead to severe mental and physical disabilities causing seizures. She was constantly experiencing severe pain and had five or six seizures a day. On October 24, 1993, Tracy died in the care of her father, while the rest of her family had gone to church. Her father informed the RCMP that she died in her sleep. However, according to the results of the autopsy, the tests indicated that she was poisoned with carbon monoxide. Therefore, the RCMP began to treat this as a homicide investigation. The police went to Latimer’ farm, they took Latimer into custody, interviewed his wife and executed a search warrant. Latimer denied that he

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