...do any of you Freepers know whether or not it is true that Terri's family will not be able to claim their daughter's body when she passes??? If so, that is the ultimate cruelty and really reveals Michael Schavio's intent all along.
Smiley, Michael requested and Judge Greer approved for him to have her cremated immediately upon her death (and have it paid for from her rehabilitation funds.)
."..do any of you Freepers know whether or not it is true that Terri's family will not be able to claim their daughter's body when she passes??? If so, that is the ultimate cruelty and really reveals Michael Schavio's intent all along."
He has repeatedly expressed his desire to have her cremated.
Yes, I do, from talking w/Terri's family.
The intent is not only to have her body cremated against the wishes of her family, but furthermore to scatter those ashes up in PA on some Schiavo family property, also (needless to say) in defiance of her family's wishes.
Supposedly, greer has already approved cremation & it is on a fast track to being done immediately after her death.
However, FL statutes are that any cremation MUST be run by the district's medical examiner office and be approved. This approval is given only after the ME office is satisfied that the death is not due to violence or suspicious circumstances, homicide, or suicide. The ME office is meant to cooperate with, but to be totally independent of, any law enforcement or hospitals or courts.
One might conclude that Michael's desire to insult and hurt Terri's family goes far beyond simply causing her death.
I don't know about who gets the body but last nite on FOX, Greta interviewed MS brother and asked about funeral arrangements and he said he knew nothing about that. Is it believable that the brother of MS, who also said he had spent the previous nite sitting with MS because he was so distraught and crying about why people hated him, would not know what the intentions are for the disposal of Terri's body? There needs to be an autopsy, but will it surprise anybody if the body is not immediately cremated? That would end the matter for the whole judicial system that has taken control of this country and is more powerful than the elected President of the US. Unless the President is Bill Clinton, for whom no law applied. No mess to clean up and now the real money can flow in from TV, books, etc.