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   > KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Aug. 16) - A man threw his seriously ill wife four stories   
   to her   
   > death because he could no longer afford to pay for her medical care,   
   prosecutors   
   > said in charging him with second-degree murder.   
   >   
   > According to court documents filed Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court,   
   > Stanley Reimer walked his wife to the balcony of their apartment and kissed   
   her   
   > before throwing her over.   
   >   
   > The body of Criste Reimer, 47, was found Tuesday night outside the apartment   
   > building, near the upscale Country Club Plaza shopping district.   
   >   
   > Stanley Reimer, 51, was charged Wednesday. He remained jailed on $250,000   
   bond and   
   > was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > Criste Reimer's caregiver told police she could barely walk and would not   
   have been   
   > able to climb over the railing of the balcony, according to the probable   
   cause   
   > statement.   
   >   
   > Reimer's alleged motive emerged after several more hours of questioning,   
   police   
   > said.   
   >   
   > According to Jackson County Probate Court records, Criste Reimer had been in   
   ill   
   > health for several years. Her weight had fallen to 75 pounds and she was   
   partly   
   > blind.   
   >   
   > According to the court records, she had no health insurance to pay for   
   medical   
   > bills that ranged from $700 to $800 per week.   
   >   
   > The Probate Court documents were filed in April, when Stanley Reimer   
   petitioned to   
   > be allowed to sell personal property his wife owned in Wheeler County,   
   Texas, for   
   > $20,000.   
   >   
   > The documents listed her assets at approximately $6,700, with monthly income   
   of   
   > $725 from oil royalties and Supplemental Security Income.   
   >   
   > It was not immediately known if Stanley Reimer had an attorney.   
   >   
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