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Police: Husband assisted wife's suicide; now charged with manslaughter
Posted at: 12/17/2012 4:47 PM
By: Mark Mulholland
GLENS FALLS - He's 69-years old and he's facing a maximum sentence of five to 15 years in prison.
Glens Falls Police say Willard Francis Skellie of Leonard Street, assisted in his wife's suicide.
Kathy Skellie, who would've turned 59 on Christmas, took her own life over the weekend. According to police, she used the shotgun that her husband bought for her and showed her how to use.
"That type of action that was involved in this case, fits under the manslaughter charge," said Glens Falls Police Chief Will Valenza.
Skellie told police that his wife suffered from mental illness and was in her room, 24 hours a day, every day.
According to court documents obtained by NewsChannel 13, Skellie told police, "She is in mental pain. She just couldn't take it any more.
He also told police, "For about a week, my wife had been asking to buy a gun. She wanted to kill herself."
Police say Skellie went to a Lake Luzerne gun store and spent $245 on a shotgun. He also bought some bird shot. "I got my wife the gun because I wanted to help her deal with her pain," he told police. "I taught my wife how to use the gun so she would know how to use it to kill herself."
Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan hopes to strike the right balance between justice and compassion, pointing out that Skellie didn't endanger the public.
"This is an extremely tragic situation. His wife was suffering with mental health issues," said Hogan. "She wanted to die and he facilitated it. It was between the two of them without any innocent bystander."
Willard Skellie is being held in the Warren County Jail.
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well he and she did not have the consent of the 1%ers.... |
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well he and she did not have the consent of the 1%ers....
Senders has a 1% fetish. To pass a death with dignity law in NY State, all it takes is the legislators to agree on a bill and the Religious Fanatics to shut up. |
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Senders has a 1% fetish.
To pass a death with dignity law in NY State, all it takes is the legislators to
agree on a bill and the Religious Fanatics to shut up.
Do you know how much money drug companies, medical equipment companies and nursing homes would lose? It ain't the religious fanatics preventing it, it's the multi-billion dollar medical industry. |
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Do you know how much money drug companies, medical equipment companies and nursing homes would lose? It ain't the religious fanatics preventing it, it's the multi-billion dollar medical industry.
I hear ya bro! Good thing you have that gun to your head in case you get a cold. |
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Hey stupid..this isn't Oregon |
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Police say Skellie went to a Lake Luzerne gun store and spent $245 on a shotgun. He also bought some bird shot.
Really? Bird shot? Obviously this person has no idea about firearms |
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I hear ya bro! Good thing you have that gun to your head in case you get a cold.
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Hey stupid..this isn't Oregon
From "genius" to "stupid" all in one day! There is no reason that NYState couldn't pass similar legislation. But I' m still a "Genius"!  |
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From "genius" to "stupid" all in one day! There is no reason that NYState couldn't pass similar legislation. But I' m still a "Genius"!
nys will....we'll have abortion/suicide drive thrus and call them public schools |
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