An
Illinois Circuit Court judge has sentenced Bonnie Liltz to four years imprisonment
for drugging and killing her disabled 28-year-old daughter in a failed
murder-suicide attempt nearly a year ago.
According
to her defence Anthony, "Bonnie was absolutely crushed," adding that
her bail was revoked and she was taken into custody immediately.
Liltz,
56, thought she needed to take her daughter Courtney's life in order to save
it. Heaven was "the only place I knew she would be safe and happy,"
she told Illinois Circuit Court Judge Joel Greenblatt last week.
The
mother, who suffers from "profound" health issues, Glasgow said,
pleaded guilty last week to involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors reduced
her initial murder charge.
The
judge recommended Liltz be evaluated to determine whether she should be put in
the medical wing at the Cook County Jail, but she will be there only until
Friday before she is transferred to the
Lincoln Correctional Center, where she
will undergo a new assessment, Glasgow said.
Glasgow,
who is "absolutely stunned" by the sentence, plans to file a motion
to reconsider the ruling.
"I
will continue to fight for Bonnie," he said.
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