No insurance? No problem. Just throw her off the balcony.

[TomInTib]

This is one tragic story. I almost feel sorry for the guy.


Man kissed ailing wife, threw her off balcony, prosecutors say

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- A man threw his seriously ill wife four stories to her death because he could no longer afford to pay for her medical care, prosecutors said in charging him with second-degree murder.

According to court documents filed Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court, Stanley Reimer walked his wife to the balcony of their apartment and kissed her before throwing her over.

The body of Criste Reimer, 47, was found Tuesday night outside the apartment building, near the upscale Country Club Plaza shopping district.

Stanley Reimer, 51, was charged Wednesday. He remained jailed on $250,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.
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According to Jackson County Probate Court records, Criste Reimer had been in ill health for several years. Her weight had fallen to 75 pounds and she was partly blind.

According to the court records, she had no health insurance to pay for medical bills that ranged from $700 to $800 per week.
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[aquart]

1. I expect to see a version of this on every courtroom drama next year.

[wundermaus]

2. Can you put your self in their places for a moment and consider...

what an act of love that was?

[TomInTib]

4. That's why I prefaced it as I did.

But tossing her over the rail?

I would have done something slightly less terrifying in her last seconds.

Like a heroin overdose or maybe just walked up and shot her in the head.

I feel so sorry for that guy.

[LibInternationalist]

7. Uh, what?

And you feel sorry for *him*? That's some chutzpah right there - what about the woman who was murdered?

[TomInTib]

16. Can you imagine what he went through to get to that point?

That being said, I think that he should be tossed from the same balcony.

But only after being dangled over the edge for a few minutes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Why do we need 3 threads about this story?

Tell ya what, I am willing to bet that it turns out this murder has nothing to do with health care or insurance. I believe this man brutally murdered his wife because he wanted her out of the way. Or maybe he is insane.

I just don't see it as the issue it is being painted here.

[TomInTib]

6. I'm sorry, I had not seen it before. nt

[enid602]

11. WWND

Makes you wonder 'what would Newt Do?'

[enid602]

12. McCain

Or John McCain, for that matter.

[enid602]

13. Pickles

Or Pickles, for that matter.

[EV_Ares]

14. Well, I don't think anybody knows the full story yet including the

prosecutor so it is a little premature to make a judgment either way. Regardless, none of us are in their shoes, so we have no idea what has been going on.

It seems there could have been a better way for him to handle this but I will wait and see what the prosecutor finds out.

[DAMANgoldberg]

5. I'm sorry...

This guy must fry. When did he become "God". I have a major problem with this mentality.

[wundermaus]

8. The same day we enabled our leaders to murder us for greed and lies.

[EFerrari]

9. Taking a life doesn't restore a life.

[depakid]

15. I suspect the irony of that post escapes you...

[EFerrari]

10. We're going to be here again and again until we fix health care.

:(