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Title: Father Charged with Killing His Disabled Son.
Publication: National Right to Life News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Volume: 29 Issue: 10 Page: 6Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Michigan authorities charged Lawrence Beard of Royal Oak with murder for the death of his son Jonathan, 17, who had cerebral palsy and suffered from seizures. The felony charge, filed September 11, could result in a sentence of life in prison. Jonathan's body, wrapped in blankets, was found August 15 in the condominium where he lived with his father, the Associated Press (AP) reported. His teachers at the Wing Lake Developmental Center, where Jonathan attended school, last saw him on June 6, and became worried when he never returned. When a school official went to check on him, Jonathan's body was found on the floor amid rotting food and empty beer bottles, according to the Detroit Free...