Perfectly Fanatic

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/12/02/hamilton-woman-and-her-children-kept-husbands-corps Title borrowed from Delmar Cooper's review.

I wish I had known
how easy it was
to leave a man
dead in his bed ...

seal up the vents
and cover the windows,
lock the door.

tell all my friends
you are in the hands
of the lord ..

pray for the resurrection,
and make damned sure the body
is thoroughly decomposed
before you call 911.

Religious fanaticism,
or the perfect crime?

A woman claiming to be so religious she thought her husband, whom she says died of natural causes at home, would rise from the dead, was not charged with anything but petty crimes. Children's Aid authorities did not even investigate, despite the children living for months in a home with their dead father. The woman had the presence of mind to seal off all the windows and vents and lock the doors, but not to take proper care of her husband's body, which was so badly decomposed the cause of death cannot properly be determined. How convenient.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

Why don't we split the difference and call it perfect fanaticism. Later we can wink as necessary.

[Lyn Anderson]

That is good. I think I might change the title if you don't mind.:)

[Tate Morgan]

Havent heard of this story just yet

[Lyn Anderson]

It's here in Canada. A lot of our news you may not.

[NoelHC]

Had not heard of this story, but it seems the decision is seriously messed up.
I am thinking there was opportunity and intent, and no doubt motive.
Just need that Ba-Dunk sound from Law & Order now.

[Lyn Anderson]

It is just too weird me. I am stuck on the time it took her to seal off the room. Just doesn't seem logical for a religious fanatic who thought he was going to rise. Also, to hide it from the neighbours, she obviously knew he wasn't coming back.

[Einstein Noodle]

i would call this mental illness .. nothing to do with religion .. as there are no perfect human beings .. there can be no perfect crime .. am going to read the news post (thank you for the link) i dont think it can be more horrifying than the crime you have described .. well done KL! i feel the breath of me being sucked into the nether world .. good golly! what a great job of writing .. oh my!!! :(((
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I just can't believe the courts are letting her off.

[Einstein Noodle]

she needs help .. seems he died of natural causes (himself) .. she disrespected a corpse .. i don't know .. what kind of equal pay must one extract?? forensics will surely tell the tale .. for me its the children that count ... breaks my heart!
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

She says he died of natural causes. The question is, did he? There are certain things we will never know with the state of decomposition, which is what makes me suspicious, not to mention the damage of just subjecting the children to that, even if he did die of natural causes.

[Einstein Noodle]

absolutely! horrible! :(

[MomzillaNC]

Well… that's just bizarre! Very convenient too.

[Lyn Anderson]

That's what I said. So when she sealed off the room she was thinking, what, just in case he doesn't come back from the dead?

[MomzillaNC]

LOL! Wonder why none of the authorities caught that…

[Fran Marie]

Oh my, ain't that it...hard to believe she got away with this crime..that's just crazy..chilling to think that such things as keeping a corpse sealed in a house with her living children happen..

[Lyn Anderson]

Exactly, and the Children's Aid didn't even step in. She gets a slap on the wrist, and now she is saying she "now understands" -- awfully nice, after the fact.

[Fran Marie]

Ha ..yeah awfully nice..sounds like a creepshow horror flick you see on tv...lol..

[willweb]

Ok, I don't get it. :) Yes I do...women are so much smarter than men. Men always get caught. But I would like to say, if he was a musician and he is decomposing...that is just wrong. Ok, enough of that...someone really should have done something about the kids. That part just doesn't makes sense. And resurrection...yeah right...whatever.

[Lyn Anderson]

It is absolutely sick, and I don't care, if she had the presence of mind to know he would rot, she knew damned well he wasn't coming back.

[icelandicblue]

That is just sick. I hope that they at least took the kids away!

[Lyn Anderson]

Not at all. They prayed every day at the kitchen table for months for their dad's resurrection, while hiding it from everyone. The Children's Aid has declined to step in.

[Matching Socks]

Omg, I read this yesterday too!
Crazy... Seriously crazy.

[Lyn Anderson]

Or seriously psychotically smart.:)

[Matching Socks]

I had thought that too.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yet another real situation turned by your mind into verse which succinctly and grasphically tells the tale.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I just was blown away by this story.