News of a tragic local situation continues to circulate around the world . . . Here's more description and context . . .
Ronnie Wiggs has been jailed on a count of second-degree murder in connection with a femicide that starkly demonstrates how US women in general face disproportionately high levels of violence at the hands of intimate partners and family caregivers.
According to a statement that prosecutors published on Saturday, Wiggs had accompanied his wife to a hospital in Independence, Missouri, so that she could receive a new medical port device allowing her to continue undergoing kidney dialysis.
Wiggs then fatally strangled her – covering her nose and mouth to keep from screaming – while she was in bed, prosecutors and local news outlets reported.
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Missouri man admits to strangling hospitalized wife to death because he couldn't afford her medical bills
Ronnie Wiggs is facing a second-degree murder charge after he allegedly killed his wife at a Missouri hospital because he couldn't afford her medical bills.
Missouri man says he killed wife because of her costly medical treatment
Ronnie Wiggs strangled his wife as she was in hospital for procedure related to ongoing kidney dialysis treatment
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