Posted on 09/06/2006 8:19:07 AM PDT by Abathar
Daughter Wanted To Save Money On Shipping Dad's Body
CHICAGO -- Police said a suburban Chicago woman traveling on Amtrak with her ailing father waited up to 23 hours and about 1,000 miles to tell authorities that the man died on the train.
The Cook County, Ill., medical examiner said 80-year-old Daniel Stepanovich, of Hammond, Ind., was pronounced dead just after midnight Tuesday. Stepanovich died from heart disease and cancer, according to an autopsy conducted by the Cook County medical examiner.
His daughter told officials that her father died Sunday evening, just as the eastbound train was pulling into Glenwood Springs, Colo. She said she didn't tell anyone because she couldn't afford to ship his body home to Chicago.
The woman has not been named.
The woman and her father boarded the cross-country train in the San Francisco area, according to KMGH-TV in Denver. The California Zephyr travels from Emeryville, Calif., to Chicago.
A neighbor said the father, who had been diagnosed with cancer, had talked of taking "one last train ride."
Sounds like the view can take your breath away.
"Don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired."
This train is bound for glory, this train.....
I thought I and one other guy in New Jersey were the only people who remembered that old Twilight Zone!
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
He's the man that never returned!
Fidel's road show. :)
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