Assisting in wife's suicide earns Twin Cities man a conviction, mother-in-law's gratitude and love

Thomas Houck accepted that his wife could no longer endure the physical and mental suffering that began when she was a teenager and worsened as her senior years drew near.

In the roughly 12 years the Eden Prairie couple were married, Houck was there for his wife's every need as her condition — the pain, the depression, the weakness — forced her to quit her job, shun family gatherings and live as a recluse.

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