Marvin E. Schur Killed By Idiots
Marvin E. Schur was 93-years-old when he froze to death in his own home in Bay City, Michigan.
His cold and lifeless body was found by a neighbor on January 17th.
So what did Ol’ Marvin do to deserve being left to die in the cold and dark?
Reportedly he did not pay his electric bill, or more than likely, could not pay his electric bill.
Bay City Manager Robert Belleman told the Associated Press today that Schur owed over $1,000 to Bay City Electric Light & Power which ultimately killed Marvin Schur when a workman for the city owned utility installed a “limiter”, a device to restrict the use of electricity at Schur’s Bay City home on January 13.
The “limiter” acts like a fuse and blows out like a fuse if electricity consumption rises past a pre-set level. If the device blows, power is not restored until the device is reset and apparently poor Mr. Schur either was not told how the device worked or did not understand.
Kanu Virani, Oakland County’s deputy chief medical examiner, performed the autopsy on Marvin Schur and said the man died “a slow, painful death”.
Virani went on to say, “It’s not easy to die from hypothermia without first realizing your fingers and toes feel like they’re burning.”
Dr Virani said today that Schur, who lived alone, died as a result of hypothermia and that the house was cold enough that ice had formed in the kitchen sink. “He was wearing a double layer of clothes, trying to stay warm”, according to Dr. Virani.
Neighbors said that when Schur’s body was found, there was ice on the inside of the windows of his home.
Bay City Manager Robert Belleman says that he didn’t know if anyone made personal contact with Schur to explain how the “limiter” device works.
And in an absolute perfect display of idiocy, Belleman also said he doesn’t believe the city did anything wrong.
Mr. Belleman, here’s a clue for you – when you kill a resident of your city by disabling their utility service in the dead of winter, you have done something wrong…
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93-year-old Bay City man froze to death indoors
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
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