Boy Dies As Churchgoers Try To Remove "Evil Spirits" Of Autism
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 27, 2003 -- Eight-year-old Terrance Cottrell Jr. died Friday night as a prayer leader and the boy's mother attempted to "exorcise" his autism from him.
The local medical examiner determined Monday that the cause of Cottrell's death was "mechanical asphyxia due to external chest compression" and ruled it a homicide.