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.
Schiavo should not be walking about proudly, for he has broken the law by murdering his wife. He needs to be taken to court and charged with her murder.
Right along with "Judge" Greer; that monster needs to be impeached ASAP! Our judicial activism is our of control, and we need to rein in our courts. We start by impeaching the bad judges and replacing them with Constitution upholding good judges; I personally would love to see God-fearing men populate the benches of America's courts, and reclaim them.
It is a sad, and dangerous day when our courts are no longer biased toward life.
For me, the tragedy is that the law allows for euthanasia under any conditions.
Until he collects the money from his book and movie deals anyway...Then I could see a divorce and Jodi walking away with part of Michael's loot.
Amen to that. All efforts must be made to prevent him from profiting off the murder of his wife as well.
??????????????????? A man who murdered his wife and a man who took a stand against islam rooming together???
Wouldn't you just love to have Michael as your nurse if you were disabled and in need of care? Somehow, I think he is going to need a career change. Of course, he is probably hoping to live off the money he's going to get from the book and movie deals he is peddling.
Sounds like the perfect ending to a movie. Purely coincidential, I'm sure.
That was after Paul repented and turned to God. The Lord is going to grind Michael into powder(Math. 21:44) if he doesn't repent.
That's what I mean...God used Paul after he repented...but the point is, God saved him. God CAN save Michael, too, as unbelievable as it seems. It's hard to pray for this guy...truly hard. But it's what we're told to do. Not for his success, but for his salvation, because it is a horrible prospect to land in the hands of an angry God.
To me euthanasia is when the government or others kill those who are disabled, elderly, terminal, or otherwise "felt unneeded" without their consent and against their will. That is what I define as euthanasia and it is also out and out murder.
If a person commits suicide, that's suicide and assisting them in that is also wrong in my book, but does not rise to the horror of true euthanasia.
Oh, I'm sure. No planning ahead here.
If that happens, I see a sudden "collapse" in the future for the new Mrs. Shiavo.
Of course you are right.
"trophy collector"
(Sigh) I don't doubt that at all.
His picture on this thread also reminds me of a Mafia Hit Man. Maybe he should enter that line of work . . .
Starving a helpless handicapped young woman is a bit cowardly after all, I would think . . . any MAN worth the name would be embarassed at such a thing.
A huge hulking thing like MS should at least murder people his own size . . . (Sigh).
"collect millions from a lawsuit "
bold, hypocritical opportunism . . .
Terri wants a divorce, he attempts to strangle her (allegedly and believably), then he sues for lack of affection!!
Even if he becomes rich he may still want to work in health care. He obviously enjoys warehousing patients.
It's irresponsible of former Sheriff Everett Rice to have hired a male nurse without even interviewing him face-to-face.
Didn't Rice know that male nurses are much more likely to kill than female nurses are?
Angels of Death, the Male Nurses
Male nurses are disproportionately represented among caretakers who harm patients. While there are many more cases, quantitatively, of females who indulge in this behavior, Beatrice Yorker, Director of the School of Nursing at San Francisco State University, cites a striking statistic: the 146,000 male registered nurses represent 5 to 7 percent of all nurses yet are responsible for more than one-third who have killed patients in the U.S. since 1975.
Took a stand against nothing.
He ran like a simpering coward.
Look at it this way. Two in hiding together.
One running from accountability for his words and the other running from accountability for his actions.
I appreciate a stand against Islam but not doing it with his tail between his legs.
His wasn't loyalty to truth for the sake of truth but the liberal British intellectual attack on Establishment as he saw it--in this case the Moslem religion of his parents.
He's probably a homosexual too.
That's scary!
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