Port St. Lucie man accused of shooting wife because she was in pain & he couldn't afford medications

[redixdoragon]

Source: WPTV

An 86-year-old Port St. Lucie man said he killed his wife while she slept because she was in poor health and he could no longer afford her medications, according to an arrest affidavit. William J. Hager said he had been thinking about killing his wife Carolyn for several days because she was in pain, the arrest report said. After Hager shot his wife, he went to his kitchen and drank coffee, called his daughters and later dialed 911, the affidavit said....

...The sheriff's office said there are always options for people in a similar situation.

Read more: http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/port-st-lucie/port-st-lucie-man-accused-of-shooting-wife-because-she-was-in-pain-he-couldnt-afford-medications

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"The sheriff's office said there are always options for people in a similar situation."

That callous response from the sherrif's office is what fired me up about this. Made me wish to post this bit of news. It should be heard. God I can't help but feel sorry for them both. He wanted his wife's pain to be over. He knew he was going right to jail, maybe even dead not long after!

This has got to stop, we have got to be looking out for our people, or start bringing down those that stand in our way of doing it!

I don't even know if I'm posting this in the right place.

[elmac]

1. Very sad story

not sure how many options he had other then bankruptsy. Another casualty of fascist republican control.

[Judi Lynn]

2. You're in the right place with this article, no doubt. What a credible tragedy.

The police response to this sad, sad situation is unacceptable. If that man thought there was another way, he most certainly would have taken it.

The poor, the helpless suffer, while the people who create their suffering live without the panic which terrorizes everyone else. I truly despise them.

If something isn't done now, WHEN, or are we all just born screwed already? We also know upward mobility is a fantasy in the present.

We must remember to thank our parents, and ancestors in prayers, and pay tribute to those who order poor young men and women to go kill other young men, in unending wars, so they can keep things this way forever.

:sarcasm, somewhat:

These stories NEED to be heard, and cared about.

Thank you, redixdoragon.

[redixdoragon]

3. Thanks

Glad I got it in the right place. Glad I got it to be heard, sad as it is. It needs to be heard.

[bjo59]

4. Tragic and deeply angering. This is the result of our appallingly corrupt political system where

both Democrats and Republicans grease their palms with corporate bribes and allow the health insurance industry to write the laws that keep drug prices sky high and medical help impossible to afford for so many Americans. In a perfect world we could have our government tried for treason. What bitter comedy the whole thing is.

[ReRe]

5. K&R

Thank you for sharing this tragic story. It does need to be told. And sadly, I have heard of this kind of thing before. It's a crime she had to be in such pain and her husband felt there was no other way to deal with the situation.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Options?

Yeah, one is sucking it up, and the other is dying. Hell of a set of options. No options at all

[suffragette]

7. You're correct in posting this here and compassionate for sharing this article.

I feel the same way you do about this tragedy.

[peasant one]

8. call the prosecutor

A similar situation happened in my area a few years ago. I called the prosecutor's office as did many other people and my recollection is the women did not go to prison.
Start calling the prosecutor now!

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. The man is 86.......I suspect he will not live much longer

based on the loss of wife, and the shock of his current situation.
A half way decent lawyer could get him off on mental competence grounds alone.

[Doctor_J]

11. Yes, and have him issue an arrest warrant for the drug company and everyone who voted for our

world's worst healthcare system. All of you right wingers who swear our system is so wonderful, this kind of shit doesn't happen in Europe or Canada.

[Sunlei]

10. I hope the Judge lets the man out of jail.