10 Facts About Candace Newmaker

The treatment, during which Newmaker was suffocated, included a rebirthing script.

Candace Newmaker was wrapped in flannel to represent a womb and told to free herself while four adults used their hands and feet to push down on Candace's small body, making it impossible for her to move or breathe.

Candace Newmaker was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, on November 19,1989, to a teenage mother and an abusive father, Angela and Todd Elmore.

Candace and Jeane Newmaker traveled to Evergreen, Colorado, in April 2000, for a $7,000 two-week "intensive" session of attachment therapy with Connell Watkins upon a referral from William Goble, a licensed psychologist in North Carolina.

Candace Newmaker died during the second week of the intensive sessions with Watkins during what has been called a "rebirthing" session.

Twenty minutes into the session, Candace Newmaker had vomited and excreted inside of the sheet; she was nonetheless kept restrained within.

Forty minutes into the session, Candace Newmaker was asked if she wanted to be reborn.

Candace Newmaker faintly responded "no"; this would ultimately be her last word.

When paramedics arrived ten minutes later, McDaniel told them that Candace Newmaker had been left alone for five minutes during a rebirthing session and was not breathing.

The paramedics surmised that Candace Newmaker had been unconscious and possibly not breathing for some time.