It is frequently said that truth is stranger than fiction. In the case of Michael Schiavo, husband of the now deceased Terri Schiavo, this is precisely correct.
You may recall that during the years that Terri Schiavo suffered from a debilitating condition, Michael worked very hard to acquire legal permission to kill his wife by denying her the basic human right of receiving food and water. He argued that she would not want to be fed through a tube. His view was that she actually died 12 years earlier, and that the person in the hospital bed was not truly alive. Once he succeeded in achieving his goal, and his wife died, it became clear that Schiavo had designs on attaining as much public support and sympathy as possible. In fact, one might say that in the wake of Terri’s death, Michael Schiavo was starving -- for attention.
Michael Schiavo Tarnishes Terri's Legacy
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That's why no great novels (like in the 19th Century) seem to be written anymore: truth is far stranger than fiction.
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/longman/051218
I know people like him. In fact a few of you know who I'm talking about. They get away with something early on, and the more rules and laws they break, the more brazen they become. It's almost like they're pushing it because they, in some internal way, want to be caught.
Of course there is the narcissist/psychopath diagnosis. They are special, and god help you if you get in their way.