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Sunday, April 03, 2005

Schiavo's widower in hiding after threats

By Jacqui GoddardPinellas Park, FloridaApril 4, 2005

Michael Schiavo, the widower of Terri Schiavo, has gone into hiding because of the furore over his wife's death.

Mr Schiavo, 41, has sought police protection and is under guard three days after his disabled wife died from dehydration at a Florida hospice.
She had spent 13 days without food or water after a judge upheld Mr Schiavo's claim that she would not have wished to continue life in a persistently vegetative state.

"His goal is to find safe housing because of death threats," said a friend, Alan Shoopak. "It's not over. Unfortunately, it's just beginning."
Mrs Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who went to the US Supreme Court to block the removal of their daughter's feeding tube, admit that they care little for their son-in-law, but reject revenge attacks.

"Our family abhors any violence, or any threats of violence. We ask that all those who support our family be completely kind in their words and deeds towards others," said Mrs Schiavo's sister, Suzanne Vitadamo.

The results of an autopsy, which it is believed may shed more light on years-old bone fractures Mrs Schiavo suffered, and the extent of her brain damage, will be published within weeks.

Terri Schiavo's body was cremated yesterday as disagreements continued between her husband and her parents, who were unable to have their own independent expert observe her autopsy.

The cremation was carried out according to a court order issued on Tuesday establishing that Michael Schiavo had the right to make such decisions, said his lawyer, George Felos. He said plans for burying her ashes in Pennsylvania, where she grew up, had not yet been completed.

Bob and Mary Schindler had wanted to bury their daughter in Pinellas County so they could visit her grave.

- Telegraph

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Schiavos-widower-in-hiding-after-threats/2005/04/03/1112489344094.html

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