Posted on 08/16/2007 8:06:41 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Balcony homicide blamed on medical bills
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A Kansas City, Mo., man charged with killing his ailing wife by throwing her from a balcony told police he couldn't afford her monthly medical bills.
Stanley Reimer, 51, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder after his wife's body was found on the pavement outside the couple's fourth-floor apartment the night before, The Kansas City Star reported Thursday.
Criste Reimer, 47, weighed 75 pounds as a result of treatment for uterine cancer and a neurological disorder, the report said. Her medical bills ranged from $700 to $800 a week, and she had no health insurance, Probate Court records said.
The records said during police questioning, Reimer said he walked his wife to the balcony and kissed her.
"She didn’t jump," he told police but didn’t say any more about how she ended up on the ground.
Detectives said one of his wife's caregivers told them the woman was physically unable to climb over the balcony ledge, the newspaper said.
Walk a mile in my shoes.
Did he get a receipt?
Hillary would send YOU the bill, and if you didn't pay, she would throw YOU off the balcony.
"How would a patient in a similar condition be treated in one of the socialized-medicine utopias we hear so much about?"
The patient would be told to take two aspirin every day and not to miss the doctor's appointment in 14 months.
She would have been cured. She would have been healthy forever. Her husband would be loving instead of tossing. And it all would have been innovative, comprehensive and totally free for everybody.
You’re not serious. I find it quite easy to comment. Murdering someone because you can’t “afford” the bills is WRONG. And I don’t need to be in his shoes to know that.
20 to 25 years in prison or being in debt? Which to choose? Man this is a tough one! (/sarcasm off)
Then the collection agencies would start calling and you know how annoying that can be.
He could invite them over for coffee on the balcony.
In sickness and health
Til Death Do Us Part
Sounds like he took his vows literally...
If you ask me, they parted just a few tenths of a second before death. No soup for you!
I agree. He loved her and didn’t want her to hurt any longer. He wanted her to be whole again. He just sent her to a better place, a place where she no longer hurts or is sick.
The pavement.
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