SM Struggling, Asking BM???
@jondaba bbm sbm Possible that BM told the dau's this? Yes. But is that how SM disappeared? If struggling w so much pain that SM wanted to end her life, wouldn't she consider acting alone, for ex, by staging an
accidental drug overdose? Then her actions would not leave BM w both religious consequences in the afterlife & legal repercussions on earth?
OTOH, involving BM to assist ---
W
religious beliefs factored in, this scenario entails:
1. Both SM & BM agreeing to end her life.
2. Both SM & BM agreeing he will
conceal the death as mere absence.
3. Both SM & BM taking
actions to
end her life.
4. BM taking actions to
conceal her remains.
5. BM
lying to dau's, SM's & BM's fam, church congregation, friends, neighbors, et al.
6. Leaving ^ fam & others bewildered, w no funeral services, no burial, & no closure.
^^^Numerous sins/transgressions. Religious consequences in the afterlife?^^^
W
legal consequences factored in, this scenario entails:
1.- 6. All the above, plus ---
7. BM
lying to
LE.
8. BM risking CO
manslaughter* charge and
prison sentence.
9. Dau's
(potentially) being left w
no parent for some time.
^^^P
otential imprisonment for BM.^^^
Even ignoring the illogic of assisting-suicide-at-SM's-request argument, many of BM's stmts & actions undermine that theory. If BM offers it as a "defense" to the state's M-1 case, I doubt the W/S jury here or Chaffee Co. jury IRL would be swayed to a not-guilty verdict.
I could be wrong, my 2ct.
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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-3-104. Manslaughter
"(1) A person commits the crime of manslaughter if:
... (b) Such person intentionally causes or aids another person to commit suicide....
(2) Manslaughter is a class 4 felony."
Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-3-104 | FindLaw
