The husband killed his wife in the hospital because he could not pay the medical bill! Husband Kills Wife in hospital after failing to pay medical bill – News18 Kannada Achi-News

New York: Especially Indians have many illusions about America, which is the big brother and the richest country in the world. Number one is that everyone in the United States is rich. But that is not the whole truth. There are poor people there too. There are people who cannot pay the hospital bill. A recent example is this murder case. A man who could not pay the medical bill has murdered his wife who was lying on the hospital bed.

Where and when did the murder take place?

The man who strangled his wife in hospital has been identified as Ronnie Wiggs. When asked about the reason for the murder, her husband Ronnie Wiggs told police that he could not afford his wife’s medical bills. The killing happened around 11:30 Friday night at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri.

Hospital staff contacted an on-duty police officer following allegations of an assault on a patient in the ICU. According to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker, the deceased woman was in the hospital for dialysis, KCTV reported.

The man admitted to the murder

Prosecutors allege that while the woman was in her hospital bed, Ronnie Wiggs began to strangle her. Prosecutors said he covered his wife’s mouth and nose to prevent her from calling for help Hospital staff were said to have heard Wiggs confess to killing his wife. According to court documents, “I committed murder. I killed her. I suffocated her,” said the husband.