"An elderly Florida man was in jail on Thursday after he said he fatally shot his ailing wife because her medications were no longer affordable and she was in pain.
William J. Hager, 86, was being held without bond in jail after telling responding authorities on Monday that he had shot his wife, Carolyn, in the head as she slept that morning in their home in Port St. Lucie, according to an arrest affidavit released by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.
Hager called the 911 emergency line at 1 p.m., several hours after the fatal shooting, the affidavit said. Hager told authorities that after the shooting he went to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, and called his daughters to tell them what he had done.
"I want to apologize I didn't call earlier. I wanted to tell my kids what happened first," Hager told authorities, according to the affidavit."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-murder-idUSKCN0YB00D
**** America. I expect cases like this to happen more and more, much like the cases of people committing petty crimes in order to go to jail just to be able to see a doctor. I really feel for this man and I know what it's like to feel that way, to see a loved one suffer day in and day out yet feel powerless to help - it's completely devastating. I hope the court grants him mercy. If our society had any sort of a heart or a conscience, he never would've been in that situation in the first place.
William J. Hager, 86, was being held without bond in jail after telling responding authorities on Monday that he had shot his wife, Carolyn, in the head as she slept that morning in their home in Port St. Lucie, according to an arrest affidavit released by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.
Hager called the 911 emergency line at 1 p.m., several hours after the fatal shooting, the affidavit said. Hager told authorities that after the shooting he went to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, and called his daughters to tell them what he had done.
"I want to apologize I didn't call earlier. I wanted to tell my kids what happened first," Hager told authorities, according to the affidavit."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-murder-idUSKCN0YB00D
**** America. I expect cases like this to happen more and more, much like the cases of people committing petty crimes in order to go to jail just to be able to see a doctor. I really feel for this man and I know what it's like to feel that way, to see a loved one suffer day in and day out yet feel powerless to help - it's completely devastating. I hope the court grants him mercy. If our society had any sort of a heart or a conscience, he never would've been in that situation in the first place.