Man Allegedly Strangles His Wife Because He Couldn't Pay Her Medical Bills: Court Docs

Man Allegedly Strangles His Wife Because He Couldn’t Pay Her Medical Bills: Court Docs


A Missouri man has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of his ailing wife, which happened while she was in a hospital.

Ronnie Wiggs, 76, faces a charge of second-degree murder, according to KHSB-TV in Kansas City.

His wife died Saturday at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, where she was receiving a new dialysis port, according to USA Today.

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According to a police probable cause affidavit, medical staff heard Wiggs say, “I did it. I killed her. I choked her.”

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The affidavit

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