Ah, good. Maybe Florida can pass the torch to California for the next “Schiavo-gate.”
It is not murder in any sense of the word --- religious, legal, or ethical --- to remove a body from such life support as a ventilator, when that body is brain dead. You do not have to ventilate a corpse until it rots off the table.
This is to be distinguished from the situation of a person like Terri Schiavo, who was not brain dead, and not even dying --- no, not even "terminal" --- when they removed her nutrition and hydration. In her case, even though she was breathing on her own and responsive, her husband Michael wanted her gone, for whatever reason of weariness, confused compassion or personal interest (she did have assets he would inherit) --- and when at last she died, she did not die of her "underlying condition," she died of hunger and thirst: starvation and dehydration.
That, my friends, was murder.
In the pathetic situation reported on this thread, death has occurred. (That is.... if what was reported is true.)
Burying the dead is also a Work of Mercy. May the Lord comfort this shocked and grieving family. It must be unbelievably hard.