Husband Unable to Pay Medical Bills Kills Wife in Her Hospital Bed: Police
by Newsweek
Newsweek— A Missouri man is charged with murder after he admitted to strangling his wife to death while she was lying in lay in a hospital bed because he couldn't take care of her and was unable to afford her medical bills, according to local police.An off-duty officer with the Independence Police Department (IPD) responded on May 3 to the intensive care unit at a hospital in Jackson County, Missouri, where a witness reported "suspicious injuries" on a woman, according to the probable cause statement. The...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Man says he killed his wife because he couldn’t pay her medical bills. A Missouri man charged with strangling his wife told police that he had killed her while she was lying in a hospital bed because he could not take care of her or pay her medical bills, prosecutors said.
ABC News—Man confesses to killing hospitalized wife because he couldn't afford to care for her, police say. Court records say a Kansas City-area man who’s charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn’t take care of her or afford her medical bills
NBC News—Man confesses to killing hospitalized wife because he couldn’t afford to care for her, police say. INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A Kansas City-area man who is charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn’t take care of her or afford her medical bills, court records say. Ronnie Wiggs made his first appearance Monday on a second-degree murder charge and was referred to the public defender’s office. A hearing was set for Thursday to review his $250,000 bond. A phone message that was left with the public defender’s office wasn’t immediately returned. His wife was getting a new port for...