My wife has MS so I can certainly sympathise, she hasn't had an attack for quite a few years now and to meet her you would not think anything was wrong. But we are always aware of the possibility of another attack, last time she practically went blind overnight, the time before she had difficulty walking - she is 99% recovered now but who knows what may happen next time.
At least we will never be in the circumstances that this couple found themselves, the medical care she needs will always be available regardless of our financial circumstances. It does seem an odd way of him ending her life though when there would have been so many other "better" ways of doing it, I wonder if it was a spur of the moment thing where he just cracked under the pressure and it was the first thing that came to mind? On 16/08/07, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240614 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
