“Woman in the Boot” suspect hangs himself

Posted: Saturday, August 13th, 2005 12:48 am

MELBOURNE, Aug. 12 (UPI) — An Australian man suspected of putting his wife in a vegetative state hanged himself the day of her funeral.

The Melbourne Herald Sun reported Joe Korp’s parents and brother found his body hanging in a shed outside his Melbourne home. …

Maria Korp disappeared in February. She was found a few days later unconscious in Melbourne’s Hall of Remembrance.

She died in August after her guardian ordered her feeding tube removed. … Read full story