Alberta mom pleads guilty in 2014 death of nine-year-old daughter
CALGARY — A Calgary woman has admitted to drugging her nine-year-old daughter, then setting fire to the vehicle her child was in.
Laura Coward, who is 50, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the death of Amber Lucius.
Coward was originally charged with first-degree murder and was to go to trial next week.
She is to return to court for sentencing March 3.