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> No wonder why the US system is rated near the bottom of the developed
> world.
> KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Aug. 16) - 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.
> In the probable cause statement filed with the charges, police said Reimer
> was
> desperate because he could not pay the bills for his wife's treatment for
> neurological problems and uterine cancer.
> Investigators said that Reimer was in the apartment when they arrived. He
> told
> them, "She didn't jump," but did not elaborate, they said.
> Criste Reimer's caregiver told police she could barely walk and would not
> have
> been able to climb over the railing of the balcony, according to the
> probable
> cause statement.
> Reimer's alleged motive emerged after several more hours of questioning,
> police
> said.
> 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.
> The Probate Court documents were filed in April, when Stanley Reimer
> petitioned
> to be allowed to sell personal property his wife owned in Wheeler County,
> Texas,
> for $20,000.
> The documents listed her assets at approximately $6,700, with monthly
> income of
> $725 from oil royalties and Supplemental Security Income.
> It was not immediately known if Stanley Reimer had an attorney.
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