CALGARY \u2014 The father of a disabled woman who weighed just over 50 pounds when she died has testified he told his ex-wife they should take their daughter to see a doctor, but she would only say she would think about it.<\/p>\n
Bryan Couture testified Thursday he could smell human waste in the home where his daughter lived with his ex-wife, but Patricia Couture told him it was the smell of demons living in the wall.<\/p>\n
Their daughter, Melissa, 38, had cerebral palsy and had the cognitive level of a three or four year old.<\/p>\n
Patricia Couture, 70, is charged with criminal negligence causing death.<\/p>\n
Bryan Couture said he visited the young woman about once a week and that he and his ex-wife divorced in 1998.<\/p>\n
He described his daughter as a \u201cspecial gift\u201d but said in the last months of her life she had lost weight and could not move her arms or legs.<\/p>\n
He said he had finally decided to move her from the home to get help, but he did not act on that decision by the time she had died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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