Gravely ill woman kills son, is freed, kills husband

Reuters ^ | 10-10-2006

[Responsibility2nd]

SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian woman who killed her son was released from prison because of terminal cancer. She then went home and killed her husband, police said Tuesday.

The 57-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in jail for killing her 29-year-old son with a garden hoe in April 2005 while he was sleeping.

Last month, authorities judged her to be in the final stages of cancer and let her go home, where she stabbed her husband in the throat with a knife.

"It was established she was in the last stage of cancer, she had it all over her body," said a spokeswoman for the Bourgas regional police.

"They presumed she was feeling bad and she would treat herself and rest. But nothing of the kind. She got aggressive and ... she killed her husband."

The woman, from a village in eastern Bulgaria, has been taken into custody again and is awaiting a new trial.

"She threatened that, if she is released again, she will kill her second son as well," the police spokeswoman said.

"The whole case is like something from the twilight zone."

[Fatuncle]

"Let's show some compassion for the widow. How tragic she has lost her 1st born son, now a husband and received threats against her 2nd born son from a convicted murderer. Lets all say a prayer for this woman and her family."

I kneel before a master of sarcasm.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

What mosque do you attend? You must be one of the mullahs for sure.

[Joe 6-pack]

I suppose mhy mom would have killed me too if she had ever caught me with a hoe.

[Bon mots]

What mosque do you attend? You must be one of the mullahs for sure.

It's a joke!

... hang on, my wives are calling me...

;-)

[Bon mots]

I suppose mhy mom would have killed me too if she had ever caught me with a hoe.

We have a winner!
ROFL

[Responsibility2nd]

Good observation.

I wonder if this sentence should be reworded:

The 57-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in jail for killing her 29-year-old son with a garden hoe in April 2005 while he was sleeping.

to

The 57-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in jail for killing her 29-year-old son in April 2005 while he was sleeping with a hoe.

No. I guess the first way was better.

[Bon mots]

Man, she must have really been mad.

The Lockheed Hoe
a hit-to-kill missile interceptor, was the Army's HOE (Homing Overlay Experiment). The HOE vehicle consisted of the first two stages (Thiokol M55E1 + Aerojet General M56A1) of a LGM-30A/B Minuteman I ICBM, which boosted a large KKV (Kinetic Kill Vehicle) to high altitude. The KKV was equipped with an infrared seeker, guidance electronics and a propulsion system. Once in space, the KKV could extend a folded structure similar to an umbrella skeleton of 4 m (13 ft) diameter to enhance its effective cross section. This device, which also had weights attached to the ribs, would destroy the ICBM reentry vehicle on collision.

Poor guy.

[reillygirl246]

Who only gets 15 years for pummeling their son to death with a gardening hoe in the first place? Then they LET HER GO because she was terminally ill with caner? Richard Biegenwald DIED in prison of cancer, we didn't let that psycho out!

Well at least she warned them she will go after her other son if they let her out again. Of course, I'd be questioning who was crazier if the did let her out again!

[KarlInOhio]

Man, she must have really been mad.

Maybe she caught him hotlinking images from Designation-Systems.Net. :-)

[TangoLimaSierra]

Agreed.

[Verginius Rufus]

Looks like Bulgaria hasn't changed since the movie Casablanca. The young woman from Bulgaria explains why they fled their homeland: "the devil has the people by the tail."

[cricket]

Sounds like Bulgaria has a Democratic Party, just like the good 'ol USA.

Bleediing heart Liberals the same, no matter what part of the world they inhabit.

Or should I say, no matter 'what part of the flat earth they live on. . .

[ilovew]

Yeah, I wondered that too. But really we should be asking what did her sons and her husband do to MAKE her so upset? What kind of childhood tragedy did this woman go through to make her kill her child and her husband? We should be more sympathetic.

[Capn TrVth]

Sigh... it's so Romantic...

[arthurus]

It's the Bulgarian Make-A-Wish program for women dying of cancer.

[Niuhuru]

Oh that's funny.

[Niuhuru]

I don't get it.

[SherrieG]

I don't see how that is possible. How do you conclude that Bush has anything to do with parolling foreign prisoners?

[Darteaus94025]

Uh, I thought the sarcasm was obvious.

[SherrieG]

OK, sorry, new at this, my bad.