Mother who drugged, killed daughter asks for forgiveness at sentencing hearing
CALGARY — An Alberta woman who drugged and killed her nine-year-old daughter begged the girl’s father and her own family and friends for forgiveness at a sentencing hearing Friday.
Laura Coward, 50, pleaded guilty last month to the second-degree murder of Amber Lucius and is facing an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 10 years.
“I just want to say that every day, at every moment I miss my children … loved them more than everybody will ever understand,” Coward said through tears.
“I want to say to the father, my family, friends that I’m responsible for my choices and I beg for their forgiveness and I plead for your mercy,” she told Justice Scott Brooker.