What I don't understand is, what does he stand to gain by her death that a divorce wouldn't do?
Does he have a life insurance policy out on her?
I actually think there is a life insurance policy out on her.
IMHO , he's avoiding an attempted murder charge
I personally think he is afraid of attempted murder charges.
Ya think???
The fact that the chance disappears for her possible recovery and ability to say that Michael is the one who put her in this shape to begin with.
Or so some folks believe...
I think I read somewhere that he does have a sizeable life insurance policy on her--but I sure don't remember where I read it!
In short, yes he loses money by keepig her alive. I dont remember the specifics, but he loses money by giving her to her parents and/or keeping her alive.
Yes, but most of it would now be soaked up in medical expenses and lawyer's fees.
Actually, I'm 5 miles from where this is all happening. The parents have offered to pay him off - just release custody to them.
At this point, he is showing them who's boss, so to speak. It is a total power-struggle.
Also, there is the allegation that he tried to murder her (which is what her parents believe) and if she ever regains consciousness, he'll be found out. I personally believe he did something to her.
As I understand it, Terri was working at an insurance agency when this happened. Surely one of the employment perks would be insurance.
Michael doesn't want Terri to speak so death is key in his mind. Yes, there's a life insurance policy (don't know how much $).
There's enough people that would be willing support Terri's care, and pay him the life insurance he so greedily desires.
Both halves of any community property.
When Terri was first hospitalized, he sued and won around a million dollars, but only for Terri's care, which is why he insisted he wanted to money. To give her the best treatment available. He even cried on the stand.
Shortly after the award, he did a 180 and decided that he didn't want Terri to to have any treatment whatever and wanted her completely dead instead. I think a lot of grief would have been saved if laws had been in place to force him to return the award money since he wasn't using it for Terri as he was supposed to.
What does he have to gain? If she's dead, she won't talk about how she came to be in her current situation in the first place, which Occam's Razor and rumors say that he's the one who put her there.
he avoids the risk of her ever recovering sufficiently to accuse him of attempting to kill her.
Does he have a life insurance policy out on her?
Probably, but this is not public information. Only his insurance agent and banker (not the IRS) will know for sure.
There's the strong possibility that the condition Terri has been in is a result of actions by his hand. Should she respond to treatment that he has aggresively denied her she may implicate him in crimes of abuse, assault and attempted murder.
As her guardian, he received the million dollar payout in a medical malpractice suit, the money intended for her care. If her parents become her guardians, he will have to show how the money was spent and give what's left to her parents.
Follow the money.
Her guaranteed silence.
Re: What I don't understand is, what does he stand to gain by her death that a divorce wouldn't do?
According to her parents who are close to this story:
He stands to gain by not being "discovered" in his involvement in her "collapse." There are serious questions about what happened to cause her to collapse as there was never discovered in tests the "chemical imbalance" that the news media always falsely reports.
He is so afraid that she will be able to implicate him that not only does he want her out of the way, but he took care that she would Never receive rehabilitation in order for her not to recover and attest to what happened.
He also has said that he wants her immediately cremated after her death - (which may be against her religious beliefs).
Many people believe that he wants that so there will never be any evidence to convict him if he was involved.
Most of the money he received from the lawsuit for Terri's therapy has already been spent - with a lot of it going to his attorney (a big right to die advocate).