Man Allegedly Throws Wife From Balcony AP Posted: 2007-08-16 18:37:35 Filed Under: Crime News Police say Stanley Reimer kissed his seriously ill wife goodbye and threw her four stories to her death. (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. Medical bills are a bitch......really sad story
i think those medical ppl should get charged for sumthing with this case.... charging ppl so much for what they do and what not. i was charged 800 dollars for a ride in the ambulance from my accedent to the hospital. and 14 grand for a stay there for 2 days. tell me thats not sum shit.
only in America. heh. hard decision. feeling guilt because of murder and sitting in the slammer or getting bankrupt, thrown on the streets and having wife die anyway? either way that's really difficult..
holy shit.. 14 G's, you could stay in some pretty snazzy hotel for that price. The American healthcare system is complete garbage, i cant even imagine dropping 14 G's on a 2 night stay in a hospital. come to canada, healthcare is free, the air is clean, the people are skinny(er) and nicer, and the living is relatively cheap (depending on where u live)
>_< for a moment im glad i live in NL...this wouldnt happen in NL... Anyway....i can imagine the guy is desperate...but dude... throw her off a balcony... !!!
seriously, you could do lots with 14 Gs i wonder if he would've done the same if they had insurance? when i read the title, i thought he was throwing her over so she wouldn't suffer or something ... not that that's not bad, but it would've been better .. ok probably not.
LOL Canada's health care is not all its cracked up to be. You read that story about a lady who has to wait 10 years for her hearing aid under Canada's healthcare. My friend works for the US government in Canada, so he is covered by both and he said the Canadian health is actually worst than the US one.
health care isn't quite free you just dont notice yourself pocketing out money to the doctor directly
