Kevorkian brings body to Michigan hospital
July 10, 1996
Web posted at: 3:00 p.m. EDTPONTIAC, Michigan (CNN) -- Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who brought the body of a woman into the Pontiac Osteopathic hospital Tuesday, may have assisted in her suicide. It was apparently the 33rd time the retired pathologist was present at or helped with a suicide since 1990, and the fifth since May.
The 68-year-old Kevorkian wheeled the body of Rebecca Badger of Goleta, California, into the emergency room at Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital late Tuesday night.
Dr. Robert Aranosian said Kevorkian told hospital officials the woman had multiple sclerosis, but did not say anything about helping her commit suicide.
Aranosian said Kevorkian arrived shortly before midnight, and the body was turned over to the medical examiner. There were no efforts to resuscitate Badger, who was propped in a wheelchair, because "she was obviously dead," Aranosian said.
It was the first time Kevorkian had taken a body into an emergency room. On previous occasions, one of his lawyers or the patient's relative or friend would take the body to the hospital or notify authorities about its location.
Police got a call from the hospital at 11:35 p.m., said Sgt. Clarence Buggs. Investigators have little information on Badger and also don't know where, when or how she died, he said.
Kevorkian has been cleared five times in three trials of criminal wrongdoing since he began his campaign for assisted suicide in 1990.
In his first two acquittals, Kevorkian was tried under the state's now-defunct ban on assisted suicide.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Related stories:
- Kevorkian present at suicide No. 32 - July 5, 1996
- Other doctors witness latest assisted suicide with Kevorkian - June 11, 1996
- Kevorkian trial poses new legal questions - April 1, 1996
Related sites:
- Right to Die Society
- Euthanasia World Directory
- International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force
- Right to die organizations worldwide
- Euthanasia-False Light
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