Posted on 03/31/2005 6:52:09 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
LEVITTOWN, Pa. -- The Schiavo family in Pennsylvania told NBC 10 that it has been receiving death threats.
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Investigators on Monday said that a man driving a white car allegedly called Terri Schiavo's sister-in-law a murderer. According to Sgt. Andy Smith, the man also said to her, "If Terri dies, I'm going to come back and shoot you and your family."
After Terri's death Thursday, the brother of her husband, Michael, Scott Schiavo, told NBC 10 News that he had received a number of threatening phone calls. In fact, one call came while NBC 10 was at the home.
Scott said he was at work when he got a cell phone call from his brother, Steve, about his sister-in-law's death.
"He really couldn't talk, but wanted to let me know Terri had passed," Scott Schiavo said.
"The only relief that you can feel is for Terri -- that she's gotten all of her dignity back," Scott said.
The feeding tube that kept Terri alive in a Florida hospice was removed on March 18.
As the Schiavos grieved, Scott said there was a bitter taste in his mouth.
"Everyone wants to say Terri died a terrible death. I mean, the Schindlers are saying, 'Her lips are cracking up and she's bleeding from the mouth and her nose.' And then he makes a statement (that) her skin looks good. I mean, this is ridiculous," Scott Schiavo said.
After Terri's death, threatening phone calls started coming into Scott Schiavo's home and he recorded them.
"You bunch of ****. You killed her. You murdered her," said the man on the phone call. The person said that he was calling from Texas and he spoke for several minutes.
"Your time will come. The time will come, for all of us, for all of us. Time will come. I wonder which way you will get to go when time does come," the anonymous caller said.
He's going to have to go live in France to get any peace.
I've gotten death threats for much less ...
Bunch of redneck hotheads. They don't have the b**ls to carry through on this, but the cops will have to assign somebody to protect them, nonetheless.
Something for that family to ponder.
Death threats are cool, huh?
When someone is dehydrated, their lips and skin will crack and they will also bleed. Why this sibling would think that dehydration for 12 days wouldn't lead to cracked skin is beyond me. Heck, 12 hours of dehydration will cause that.
We can thank our media for helping add to all of this with some of the over the top interviews I have seen on TV -- more like tabloid journalism sometimes.
Today in the press conference the Schindler Family asked the media to please let them grieve in private but what happens, TV cameras in the Memorial Service. The Family was very much class in thanking all the politicians that helped and did not trash anyone. Wish Freepers could take a clue from the Family and do the same.
It's a bit ironic, a man who just succeeded in killing his estranged wife complaining about death threats.
That Schiavo bunch need not wonder why they are getting death threats, for outright murder, even if it is slow, is hard for people to take. They are no better than Saddam Hussein who killed those whom he wanted removed quickly.
What are they worried about? I thought death was supposed to be beautiful?
The last thing needed is for some nutcase & his threats to make a perpetual victim out of MS.
At a minimum, it's fair to say that it's going to suck being Michael Schiavo, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
The only one who has carried out death threats is Michael Schiavo.
She always had her dignity. Scott on the other hand will never have any.
Amen to that.
People have been pushed over the edge by watching helplessly as Terri was brutally murdered. I think this was expected.
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