On a day like any other Charla Nash went to visit her friend who happened to own a chimpanzee that she had raised like a son for more than a decade.
Travis the chimp came into the care of Sandra Herold and her husband Jerome in 1995 when he was just three days old after its mother was shot and killed trying to escape an animal sanctuary.
The adopted chimp became well known around Stamford, Connecticut - where the couple lived - and was often seen riding around in the couple's tow truck, donning a baseball cap and posing for photos by amused locals.
