Editing Lionel Tate (section)

===The incident===
On July 28, 1999, Tate was left alone with Eunick, who was being babysat by Tate's mother, Kathleen Grossett-Tate. While the children were downstairs playing, Tate's mother called to them to be quiet. Tate came up 45 minutes later to see that Eunick was not breathing. He said that while they were wrestling, he had her in a headlock and the child's head hit a table. Only Eunick and Grossete-Tate were present when this occurred.

Autopsy revealed that Eunick had suffered 35 separate injuries. Her legs, feet, and neck all had serious bruises; an example of the amount of force used on her was similar to bruises from that of a speeding car. Her other injuries included a fractured skull, fractured rib, and swollen brain. These injuries were characterized as "similar to those she would have sustained by falling from a three-story building."

It has been reported that Tate was a fan of the World Wrestling Federation's television programs and used professional wrestling moves on Eunick.