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<h1 class="trb_ar_hl_t"><span style="color:#300b0b;">Terminally ill mother, Bonnie Liltz, 56, charged last year with first-degree murder in the death of her severely disabled daughter</span><br />
<span style="color:#300b0b;">Liltz gave Courtney, 28, a fatal overdose of medication before attempting to take her own life</span></h1>
<h1 class="trb_ar_hl_t"><span style="color:#300b0b;">Feared what would become of her daughter as her own health declined from recurring cancer </span><br />
<span style="color:#300b0b;">&#8220;I felt the only place she would be safe would be in heaven with me,&#8221; &#8220;&#8230; I have a pain inside that is beyond words. I pray every day that someday we will be together again.&#8221;</span></h1>
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<div class="trb_ar_dateline"> Bonnie Liltz, a terminally ill suburban woman who gave her severely disabled daughter a fatal overdose of medication before trying to take her own life stood before a judge Wednesday afternoon and said she wished she could &#8220;turn back the clock and &#8230; care for her again.&#8221;</div>
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<p>Ms Liltz gave her first public statement since she was charged last year with first-degree murder in the death of her 28-year-old daughter Courtney. Liltz pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, involuntary manslaughter, earlier this week, and prosecutors on Wednesday recommended that she receive probation, rather than prison time.<br />
Judge Joel Greenblatt said he will announce his sentence next week. Liltz could face up to 14 years in prison.<br />
The 56-year-old Schaumburg woman, who appeared frail and at times cried, read a statement in court Wednesday in which she described adopting Courtney at age 5 as &#8220;the happiest day of my life.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I never felt that she was a burden. Every day was a privilege,&#8221; she said of caring for her daughter, who could not feed herself or talk and had limited mobility.<br />
But Liltz described her growing fears about what would happen to her daughter as her own health declined after have suffered from recurring cancer and severe intestinal problems.<br />
&#8220;I felt the only place she would be safe would be in heaven with me,&#8221; Liltz said. &#8220;&#8230; I have a pain inside that is beyond words. I pray every day that someday we will be together again.&#8221;<br />
Prosecutors recommended Wednesday that Liltz receive four years of probation, plus mental health treatment, in the case.</p>
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<h6><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-22271" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cbs_chicag-mother-pleads-guilty-to-m-20160510.png" alt="cbs_chicag-mother-pleads-guilty-to-m-20160510" width="750" height="422" />Bonnie Liltz (center0, who admitted to killing her special needs daughter because she feared for her future after she (mother) is gone pleaded guilty to a lesser charge</strong></h6>
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<p>Authorities have said that Liltz placed an overdose of medication into Courtney&#8217;s feeding tube and took some of the medication herself, intending to take her own life too. Liltz left a suicide note saying in part: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want (Courtney) to live in an institution for the rest of her life. She is my life.&#8221;<br />
Several family members and other supporters testified Tuesday seeking leniency for Liltz.<br />
&#8220;When she took the medication, she decided to take Courtney with her,&#8221; Bonnie&#8217;s father, Victor Liltz, said. &#8220;It was an act of love.&#8221;<br />
The case has touched a nerve among those who sympathize with the plight of parents of the severely disabled and those who believe it&#8217;s never acceptable to take another human life.</p>
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Bonnie Liltz,Terminally ill mother and care giver regrets killing her disabled daughter in anticipation of her own death
