CNN posted a story tonight about an event that happened two days ago.  A man took his invalid wife onto the balcony of their apartment, kissed her, and dropped her over the rail to her death on the street four stories below.  Link to CNN page.

We might think this was a sordid tale of adultery or marital discord--and perhaps that will come out in court.  Prosecutors have charged him with murder.  

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.

She had no health insurance.     His wife Criste was 47, blind, could not walk, suffered from cancer and neurological problems, and weighed 75 pounds.  She'd been sick for several years, and her health care costs were more than her income each month.