Prosecutor: Woman At Hospital Strangled To Death Over Medical Bills

Tonight's report from the Jackson Prosecutor's Office not only offers a glimpse at immense pressure confronting the American working-poor as inflation continues to impact those of us on the lower end BUT ALSO signals worsening local domestic violence danger.

Here's the presser regarding recent indictments . . .

Independence man charged in strangling of wife at area hospital

An Independence man faces a felony charge for strangling his wife and causing her death as she was lying an Independence hospital bed this weekend, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.

SUSPECT faces Murder 2nd Degree.*

According to court records filed today, the defendant told police he killed the victim, who had come to the hospital for a new port for dialysis. He said he choked her and covering her nose and mouth to keep her from screaming. The defendant told police he couldn't take care of her or afford the medical bills.

The defendant is being held on a $250,000 bond.

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