Posted on 04/02/2005 7:03:33 PM PST by Cableguy
Terri Schiavo's widower has gone into hiding because of the furore over his wife's death and has sought police protection.
Michael Schiavo, 41, is under guard three days after his disabled wife died from dehydration at a Florida hospice.
She had spent 13 days without food or water after a United States judge upheld Mr Schiavo's claim that she would not have wished to continue life in a persistently vegetative state.
"His goal is to find safe housing because of these death threats," said a friend, Alan Shoopak. "It's not over. Unfortunately, it's just beginning."
Mrs Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who went to the US Supreme Court to block the removal of their daughter's feeding tube, admit that they care little for their son-in-law, but have urged against revenge attacks.
"Our family abhors any violence, or any threats of violence. We ask that all those who support our family be completely kind in their words and deeds towards others," said Mrs Schiavo's sister, Suzanne Vitadamo.
Anger at Mr Schiavo's actions has been fuelled by the revelation that a court order from a county judge, George Greer, who repeatedly refused the Schindlers' pleas to let their daughter live, will allow him to have her cremated and her ashes interred in Pennsylvania. The Schindlers' request for a share of the ashes or even a lock of their daughter's hair has also been refused.
The family see it as the final act in a 12-year campaign of spite by their son-in-law. Other alleged snubs include having his wife's wedding ring melted down to make a ring for himself.
Last week, while his wife's life ebbed away at the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Florida, Mr Schiavo moved into quarters on site, to avoid protesters outside. Some had banners expressing vitriol for Mr Schiavo and Judge Greer. "You are going to hell, murderers," one read. The hospice also received hoax bomb threats last week.
For several days, Mr Schiavo has not returned to the home in Clearwater he shares with his fiancée, Jodi Centonze, and their two children. Friends speculate that they may leave Florida altogether.
The results of a post-mortem examination, which it is believed may shed more light on years-old bone fractures Mrs Schiavo suffered, and the extent of her brain damage, will be published within weeks.
Mr Schiavo's friends and family speak of a man who honoured his wife's wishes and released her from what he perceived to be a life without hope. After cradling her in his arms as she died on Thursday morning, he placed a rose in her hand and kissed her goodbye.
A Mass to celebrate her life will be held on Tuesday.
"Terri is better now, no pains or earthly cares, she is whole with her Savior"
Maybe Terri will 'appear' to him late at night when he's tucked into his nice warm bed, heehee. There have been stories like that before, you know.
"After cradling her in his arms as she died on Thursday morning, he placed a rose in her hand and kissed her goodbye."
He was probably choking her to move things along.
Au contraire. She should set herself up with some 'insurance', in the form of some envelopes left with trusted friends that Michael knows nothing about.
I hope they stay the hell out of Louisiana!
you're okay PBrown.
Rom. 12:19 is addressing personal vendettas not the longing of the human spirit for justice.
I admire all who are praying that no harm come to Michael simply because they are obeying what they have been taught is the correct response to their enemies.
Fact is, Michael has committed murder. Murder carries a capital penalty in scripture. True, it is not the private individual but the government who is tasked with carrying out the punishment.
We come under judgment if we take the law into our own hands.
Nevertheless as Scripture says "When the wicked perish there is shouting." (Prov. 11:10.
No need, all, to feel guilty for wanting justice.
you're okay PBrown.
Rom. 12:19 is addressing personal vendettas not the longing of the human spirit for justice.
I admire all who are praying that no harm come to Michael simply because they are obeying what they have been taught is the correct response to their enemies.
Fact is, Michael has committed murder. Murder carries a capital penalty in scripture. True, it is not the private individual but the government who is tasked with carrying out the punishment.
We come under judgment if we take the law into our own hands.
Nevertheless as Scripture says "When the wicked perish there is shouting." (Prov. 11:10.
No need, all, to feel guilty for wanting justice.
Who witnessed this? Felos? OK.
I guess so.
Let's say a simple prayer for Michael,.....not in arrogance, nor in judgment. Please read and consider prior to prayer and pray per faith and fellowhsip in Him.
First, if the reader is a believer, let's first simply, individually pray to the Lord through Christ and confess our sins to Him, by 1John 1:9, thereby returning to Him on His terms.
Secondly, Lord, we recognize Terri suffered physically and pray that where she remained faithful to you, she also be glorified and rewarded. We also recognize that as Terri suffered physically, Michael will most likely suffer soulishly, whether he has scarred his soul to the point of being numb to it, or by a hardened heart. But in all cases, Lord, we recognize that while we remain alive prior to the first death, we all have an opportunity to come to You, Lord, through faith in Christ, have everlasting life through the Son, and no temptation is too great than that which may be resisted.
We pray that Michael might endure as Terri, perhaps even moreso, from any and all temptation, and follow your will in all things. That perhaps he might find you Lord and return to You on your grounds, by Your will, and glorify you.
Just as we do not know all things, if this doesn't happen, then we still glorify you and thank you for your will and pray your will be done, not ours. Through Jesus' name we pray, Amen,....or we believe it.
"How much will one man pay for a good night's sleep?"
This was the denoument after a slimy enterpeneur had used the Joker in a Casino insurance scam. The entrepeneur stood to make millions, though the Joker was still alive and very, very POed.
The entrepeneur was last seen sleeping with a shotgun.
Whatever Mikey made or will make from Terri's demise will be for naught. My guess is that he's a half step behind the entrepeneur. Jack.
poetic justice.
Justice for Terri is crying out.
Changing his name won't help. Everybody knows his face. The only way he'll be able to go out to eat will be the drive-thru at McDonalds. If they recognize him you know he'll get Murine in his coffee.
Euthanasia is legal in every state in the Union. Terri is already one among many.
You are not making any sense.
I wish him no ill, but... I do hope he has to hide his face and watch his back for the rest of his life!
The Schindlers' request for a share of the ashes or even a lock of their daughter's hair has also been refused.
What a POS.
I was thinking about Michael the other day. I don't think he's going to have a very nice life. It's pretty bad karma to judicially murder your innocent wife and also sc**w her parents over publicly, in front of hundreds of millions of people.
Everywhere he goes, people will point and whisper. Some will even make comments out loud.
Does Schiavo think Felos and Greer will be his buddies? Felos has gotten his money and his fame, now he's outta here. Felos was never his friend.
Even actual friends who genuinely believed and sympathized with Schiavo will have their nagging doubts... and who really wants to hang out with a loser like Schiavo? Except the same kind of people who flock to Scott Peterson, of course. Cheap publicity whores looking for notoriety.
Michael Schiavo's new family will always wonder about him. Ever wonder what it's like to go through 20 years living in a family where nobody trusts you? His kids will be ashamed to admit who their dad is. And he's got to wonder how his kids will treat him when it's his turn in the bed. After all, he's shown them quite clearly how to deal with inconvenient people.
And always, the bodyguards. Always the security systems. Always, the gnawing fear that someone may break through, to kill, to mangle - or far even worse even, to leave him paralyzed, helpless, in a hospital bed for the years and years and years to come.
Like I say, it's bad karma to deliberately starve your helpless wife to death in front of several hundred million people. Try as he will, Michael Schiavo won't escape the consequences.
As for me, I wish him a long and wretched life.
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