Couple charged after daughter, four, dies from drinking excess of water

A COUPLE has been charged with forcing their four-year-old adopted daughter to drink so much water it killed her.

The method was an unconventional technique their lawyer said was recommended by family therapists to promote bonding.

Richard Killpack, 34, and wife Jennete, 26, were charged with murder and child abuse in Provo, Utah in the US.

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