90 Year Old Man Batters Wife to Death with Hammer after Argument about Health Care

[Emit]

John Bunz, age 90, battered his wife to death with a hammer after an argument about health care. They had been married 68 years. He then tried to kill himself, but failed. (Photo by AP shows his self-inflicted wounds.) A neighbor discovered both bodies.

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http://www.talkleft.com/story/2010/9/9/152853/9182

[Gman]

1. I can't help but wonder

If it was 68 years of abuse.

[WhiteTara]

3. I'm assuming

it was.

[AtomicKitten]

2. That's just sad. nt

[Canuckistanian]

4. Something else happened here

We're not getting the whole story. This makes NO Sense whatsoever.

Giving this man 17 years was tantamount to the death penalty.

[BzaDem]

5. I think it's more tantamount to life in prison, not the death penalty. Though not even that

since he did live freely for 90 years.

[stray cat]

6. Murder doesn't deserve prison I'f you are elderly? Age mkes you not guilty by reason of insanity?

His wife got the death penalty from him

[Heywood J]

7. I'm wondering what kind of mental illness he has.

Although, you'd think the lawyer would pounce if he really did have one. Most people don't just kill their spouses after 68 years for such a tiny reason.

[ThomasQED]

8. "A neighbor discovered both bodies"

There was only one.

Pretty huge factual error.

[Puregonzo1188]

9. I think that was referring to the husband's attempted suicide.

He slit his wrist/neck with a kitchen knife.

[ThomasQED]

10. I wouldn't call that "a body".

But you are probably right.

[Crunchy Frog]

11. It could have been dementia related.

People can develop some pretty bizzare personality changes with Alzheimer's. This is not the action of someone who was mentally functional; not even if he was a teabagger.