Letha Kay Louise Slate Letha was born on August 30 2005 in Duncan, Oklahoma to her parents John Slate and Patricia Campbell. "No matter what kind of day I was having, no matter how down or upset I might be, I could always count on coming home and seeing Letha's smile," - John Slate On March 27, 2006, John went off to work as usual, leaving Patricia home alone with Letha. On his lunch break, John came home to visit his family. To his horror he found his 6 month old daughter unresponsive in the bathtub, and her mother, Patricia sleeping in the other room. Patricia gave Letha CPR until emergency crews arrived... But God called Letha up to heaven Patricia Campbell was arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of her daughter Letha. Patricia said she had put Letha in the bathtub and then went to lay down "just for a split second," but instead she fell asleep. She said she would always fill the bathtub quite full because Patricia liked to play in the water. Prosecutors did not have enough evidence to prove that Letha's murder was second degree. And the charge against Patricia was dropped to second-degree manslaughter. Patricia Campbell plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced the 4 years in prison. "I wish there was something I could do to make it different. I wish every day I didn't walk away. I have to live with that." - Patricia Campbell Patricia was only charged with manslaughter because the definition of child neglect was... "the lack of ...
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