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THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD
(2/1/2007)
Spouses May Come & Go But Truth is Forever
I was reading the AP coverage the Cynthia Sommer case, "Wife Convicted of Poisoning Marine" (Allison Hoffman, January 30, 2007 11:23 PM EST), which begins, "SAN DIEGO - A woman was convicted Tuesday of murdering her Marine husband with arsenic so she could cash in on his $250,000 life insurance policy, some of which she used to have her breasts enlarged." I shook my head. The Associated Press and others had more articles on the topic of murder among spouses. I continued to read. "Man Guilty of Killing Mail-Order Bride", (Associated Press, January 31, 2007 9:25 AM EST) was about Daniel Kristopher Larson's second conviction in the death of Anastasia King. A murder he admitted having committed as directed by husband, Indle King Jr. "Pa. Boy, 7, Says He Saw Father Shoot Mom" (Associated Press, January 31, 2007 2:44 PM EST), states, "PHILADELPHIA - A 7-year-old boy said his father told him, "Go to your grandma's house, I am going to kill your mom," before fatally shooting the woman over the weekend." "Autopsies expected today of couple found dead in possible murder-suicide" (Christine Dellert | Sentinel Staff Writer, Posted January 30, 2007, 8:38 AM EST), states, "Investigators suspect the deaths of Margaret McCosker, 54, and her husband Gary, 55, was a murder-suicide brought on by divorce papers filed last week." "Millbrook woman dies in ex-husband's murder-suicide attempt" (Associated Press, 1/30/2007, 11:53 a.m. CT), says "Patricia Pierce, 32, died of multiple gunshot wounds Monday, police said, and her former husband, Dallas Jerome Pierce, 34, was hospitalized in critical condition with a single gun shot wound to the chest." "Questions remain in Ohio murder-suicide involving deputy's brother" (Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press, Sunday, January 28, 2007), reports, "A week later, John Bailey, a former volunteer deputy, kidnapped his estranged wife from their children's baby sitter's house in Washington Court House, near Columbus. He drove her to a barn, shot Lori Bailey to death, then shot and killed himself." The iceberg isn't even in sight. Rather than isolated incidents, this is leaning towards the norm. Terrifying! Reading of such tragic events and senseless loss of life, should bring the realization that not all are out for the best interest of their spouse. Some put profit before human life. Some can't handle the break-up of a marriage/relationship. Some are out for revenge. Some want the person out of their way. Some have several of these motives in mind. Regardless of motive (named or not), the mere fact that a spouse is a spouse should not make it an absolute that he or she has the sole say about the other one simply because they are spouses. There needs to be a clause--an exception--that takes into account that the spouse might be making wrongful decisions on purpose to cause harm at best and death at worse for the other. There needs to be a fail-safe--a safeguard--rather than an assumption that special rights of power over life and death goes to one intent on making death or harm happen. (That can't be said too often.) It shouldn't merely rely upon written directives that one may or may not have gotten around to. Besides, maybe one didn't know of the danger he or she had come to be in or have a chance to make changes once suspected. I personally know of one case where a woman with a heart condition had an infection due to a bad tooth. Her loving husband had taken their savings, maxed out her credit cards (without her knowledge or consent), hid assets etc, thereby leaving her poorer than a pauper. Poorer than a pauper because she couldn't get a loan due to the credit position he put her in. Poorer than a pauper because it didn't matter that she did not have access to the assets, she was considered to have them by law. (Community property state.) As a result of the latter, she was refused assistance. The husband refused to give her just enough to go to the dentist though he knew full well the need. Just when there seemed to be no hope, a relative decided that maybe there was something to this need and offered to pay for whatever was necessary. The oral surgeon said there was no way that they could wait to pull the tooth. It had to be done immediately. It was. Likewise, the surgeon said in all his years, he had never seen anything like this situation. He said there was absolutely no way the woman should have lived through this infection (intensity and duration) alone, much less with her heart condition. He had no clue how she was alive to come to him for help. He could only say that he was happy he could help and that she had a chance to live. There were lots of antibiotics and close supervision by his staff. It was no thanks to the husband. The husband that would have inherited all, rather than having to share. It was legalized murder in the making! By the grace of God this particular husband didn't succeed! How many spouses did? The possibility of legalized murder has always existed, but it seems that possibility is on the rise thanks to the attitudes of the so-called "Right to Die" movement. How easy not to pick up the phone to call for help in time, or to say thereafter that a person declared he (or she) wouldn't want to live that way. How easy. How scary. How often does it happen? Obviously, spouses do kill spouses as was proven at the onset of this article. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that there is a possibility . Some just succeed in not getting caught for their attempts or successes. How can any cry foul and suggest otherwise, when someone might wonder about a possibility that something just isn't right? If it weren't for wonder here and there--many a murder would have gone undetected and unsolved. That's fact that many a solved case proves over and over. Spouses may come and go, but truth never does. Whether known or not -- Truth is Forever!
Carrie Hutchens is a former law enforcement officer and a freelance writer who is active in fighting against the death culture movement and the injustices within the judicial and law enforcement systems.
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