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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490857,00.html

That may possibly be taking pride too far. Assuming he isn't lying and he didn't just leave her there.

Wow. Mental illness maybe a factor, I think. Either that or extreme callousness? Sloth I am not sure how to describe this. Has anyone notice how the new just keeps getting stranger?

this is what happens when you let a woman make her own decisions >_>

would this come under euthanasia?

This must be a feminazi's nightmare: Do you respect her desire to remain on the floor? Or ignore her wishes and call an ambulance?

Also, did she die because she was on the floor? Or just while she was on the floor.

According to the article, the woman was given food, drink and medication; one indication to me that the man in question did provide for her. There appears to be nothing in the article about her lying in her own excrement.

While he did offer help, she refused it, and it appears to be a case of him taking her wishes too far.

Was it negligence? I can't form an opinion either way.

This must be a feminazi's nightmare: Do you respect her desire to remain on the floor? Or ignore her wishes and call an ambulance?

Also, did she die because she was on the floor? Or just while she was on the floor.

significant difference - and an important point.

According to the article, the woman was given food, drink and medication; one indication to me that the man in question did provide for her. There appears to be nothing in the article about her lying in her own excrement.

While he did offer help, she refused it, and it appears to be a case of him taking her wishes too far.

Was it negligence? I can't form an opinion either way.

another important question. what constitutes negligence??

My first thought is that they had the kind of relationship wherein she called all the shots to the point where the man pretty much forgot how to think for himself (my in-laws have a relationship like that. My m-i-l will even tell my f-i-l what clothes to wear; last fall, she ordered - ordered!! - him to change from shorts to long pants because she thought it was too cold outside for pants. He did it:eek:)

In any case, they'd been married for such a long time -- I sincerely wonder if, due to both mental capacity for his age, and the long-term pattern of her making all the decisions, that he flat out didn't actually ever think to call someone, because she told him she didn't want his help, or didn't want him to, or whatever.

According to the article, the woman was given food, drink and medication; one indication to me that the man in question did provide for her. There appears to be nothing in the article about her lying in her own excrement.

While he did offer help, she refused it, and it appears to be a case of him taking her wishes too far.

Was it negligence? I can't form an opinion either way.
This.

I find the fact that she is a woman irrelevant. Just a stubborn old person.

I find the fact that she is a woman irrelevant. Just a stubborn old person.

If it had been the man on the floor we would just call him a dumbass.

Um...Yeah...I have to say, it does sound as if the Guy had more than a little something to do with this....

So, how old is the wife?

John Klein was arrested for investigation of second-degree manslaughter after he called 911 on Monday to report that his 73-year-old wife Pia had no pulse.

Klein told Spokane County sheriff's Detective Jim Dresback that his wife of 52 years fell out of bed around last Thanksgiving, Dresback said in court papers filed Tuesday.

So, how old is the wife?

her age was 73. They had been married 52 years.

So, how old is the wife?

She wasn't his wife when she was born. :p

her age was 73. They had been married 52 years.

Ah, a small misreading on my part, I see. Thanks for clearing this one up.