Very thought provoking post, Puggle. As you said, nothing in MSM to add any weight, but it's an interesting train of thought.
To be clear, I wasn't suggesting that asthma was necessarily Karen's medical problem, but it was your initial mention of asthma that reminded me that there was a mention of her having a health problem in the media.
A combination of some health problems with a 'badly decomposed' body could definitely complicate the determination of whether Karen died due to outright murder (most likely in my opinion), or as a result of a preexisting health condition, combined with other 'aggravating factors', which could make the difference between a murder conviction, a finding of manslaughter, or just possibly even far lesser charges relating to illegally disposing of her remains & preventing proper burial.
To be clear, I wasn't suggesting that asthma was necessarily Karen's medical problem, but it was your initial mention of asthma that reminded me that there was a mention of her having a health problem in the media.
A combination of some health problems with a 'badly decomposed' body could definitely complicate the determination of whether Karen died due to outright murder (most likely in my opinion), or as a result of a preexisting health condition, combined with other 'aggravating factors', which could make the difference between a murder conviction, a finding of manslaughter, or just possibly even far lesser charges relating to illegally disposing of her remains & preventing proper burial.