Posted on 10/30/2024 9:52:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A 93-year-old Florida man allegedly confessed to twice trying to kill his wife of 60 years — because he “did not want to leave her alone” when he died, according to cops.
Helmut Lockner was arrested on Saturday after his wife said he crept up on her watching TV and tried to strangle her with some rope — weeks after he tried to smother her with a pillow, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
Lockner allegedly told detectives he planned to kill himself with the same rope, telling them that he “is dying and did not want to leave his wife alone,” according to an arrest report, which did not detail if the suspect had a terminal illness or was referring to his age.
His wife, who was not identified by police, said he first attempted to kill her two weeks earlier by smothering her with a pillow in bed — telling her then that “he did not want to leave her alone,” according to the arrest report.
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Yes.
All of the above.
If that is the real case I get it. These women or men left behind in their old age grieving and helpless. It’s really very sad.
Just because someone says something is their motive, it does not mean it is necessarily the real reason.
Florida man.....................
Did he ask her first if she minded being left behind? What an awful thing to do.
Sad and demented as if may seem, we husbands all need to learn to leave our wives alone, and someday forever. Though we certainly hope to meet again on better but different terms.
telling them that he “is dying and did not want to leave his wife alone,” according to an arrest report, which did not detail if the suspect had a terminal illness or was referring to his age.
Probably had a girlfriend.
“I‘ve been at the sheriff’s office for five and a half years and I’ve never seen anything like this,” Zach Moore, a sheriff’s office spokesperson, told local outlet WCJB.
How sweet. 🥰
There are two reasons we do anything, the good reason and the real reason. We will likely never know the real reason here.
Say what you will about this old codger, you have to be pretty spry to go around trying to murder folks at 93.
“Did he ask her first if she minded being left behind?” My first thought too. Maybe she’s in terrible health herself, or demented, and he truly thought it was the kindest thing to do.
Or he found out she had a boyfriend.
Darn. I thought this would be from The Villages, but it’s from Oak Run, a retirement community 10 miles from me. They have black bears roaming the streets after dark....
NO....they have their kids and grandkids and great grandkids.
Euthanasia is no better than abortion.
” ...according to an arrest report, which did not detail if the suspect had a terminal illness or was referring to his age.”
Or ... a much younger girl friend.
"Florida Man"
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