yeah, just the thought of it all makes my stomach drop. On 8/16/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are certainly better ways of doing it though. > > Come on threw her off a balcony? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: J.J. Merrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:10 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Wow, a really sad story and a testament to the cost of health > > care > > > > I have to say having a mother who has MS that I can really empathize > > with this guy. You have no idea what he went through and his state of > > mind unless you have been there. > > > > -J.J. (liberal) > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/16/wife.killed.ap/index.html > > > > Man kisses ailing wife, hurls her from balcony > > > > KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- A man threw his seriously ill wife four > > stories to her death because he could no longer afford to pay for her > > medical care, prosecutors said in charging him with second-degree > > murder. > > > > According to court documents filed Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit > > Court, Stanley Reimer walked his wife to the balcony of their > > apartment and kissed her before throwing her over. > > > > The body of Criste Reimer, 47, was found Tuesday night outside the > > apartment building, near the upscale Country Club Plaza shopping > > district. > > > > Stanley Reimer, 51, was charged Wednesday. He remained jailed on > > $250,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday. > > > > In the probable cause statement filed with the charges, police said > > Reimer was desperate because he could not pay the bills for his wife's > > treatment for neurological problems and uterine cancer. > > > > Investigators said that Reimer was in the apartment when they arrived. > > He told them, "She didn't jump," but did not elaborate, they said. > > > > Criste Reimer's caregiver told police she could barely walk and would > > not have been able to climb over the railing of the balcony, according > > to the probable cause statement. > > > > Reimer's alleged motive emerged after several more hours of > > questioning, police said. > > > > According to Jackson County Probate Court records, Criste Reimer had > > been in ill health for several years. Her weight had fallen to 75 > > pounds and she was partly blind. > > > > According to the court records, she had no health insurance to pay for > > medical bills that ranged from $700 to $800 per week. > > > > The Probate Court documents were filed in April, when Stanley Reimer > > petitioned to be allowed to sell personal property his wife owned in > > Wheeler County, Texas, for $20,000. > > > > The documents listed her assets at approximately $6,700, with monthly > > income of $725 from oil royalties and Supplemental Security Income. > > > > It was not immediately known if Stanley Reimer had an attorney. > > > > -- > > | J.J. Merrick > > | Web Application Developer > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | p: 615-866-5068 > > | http://www.cyber-jay.com > > | Certified Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > > > > > >
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