63-year-old man arrested for killing 88-year-old wife

This is the problem with huge age differences in relationships. One partner will get older and sicker while the younger is still healthy.

This guy was still a cold blooded murderer and should hang.

oldman_13 - This guy was still a cold blooded murderer and should hang.

Oh, good grief! Spare us the melodramatics please!

This spouse killing ailing partner scenario repeats itself again.

25 years age gap.

Looks like some people passed second grade math and now think they are relationship experts and/or criminologists. Disillusioned is correct...its a repeating scenario...several the past week alone...and those other incidents had smaller age differences. Usually what happens is that the younger party simply gets a divorce if they can no longer hack the problems of the older partner. Stop with the ageism. Its disgusting.

You marry a woman 25 years older than you. That's the first sign something is wrong with this guy. He wasn't looking for a wife more than a mother figure.

The age difference is irrelevant. I don’t know why so many posts refer to it. So what if here was a large age gap? This article is about another spouse killing ailing partner scenario.

Guess I struck a sore spot for some.

Highlighting the negatives of huge age differences is hardly 'ageism.' For those that disagree, please do explain to us why it is 'ageism' or wrong to point out these negatives (and not just thumbs down comments).

Majority of people in all countries and cultures across the world have partners that are of the same age or only differ by a few years. A 25 year age difference is huge and as we see here, by 88 one's body and mind have faded, while the younger partner becomes a full time care giver.

I am not condoning what this guy did of course, but anyone with common sense can see that these kinds of relationships are asking for issues in the future for both partners.

So when he was 25, she was 50

Paging Emmanuel Macaroon!

That's some Oedipal stuff right there.

How did she die? I know he killed her, but no details were given.

Trump is 24 years older than his wife but nobody seems to worry about that. It would appear that the people here are all sexist rather than ageist

Interesting that this tragedy brings out the usual spiel about the age difference. If two people love each other, age, religion, gender, color etc really doesn't come into it.

Imagine how difficult it must have been for him to do what he did. Not the way I'd chose to check out or be checked out but who knows what kind of life the wife had at the end.

Majority of people in all countries and cultures across the world have partners that are of the same age or only differ by a few years.

So you are saying people in the minority should conform to the majority? FYI the majority of people that kill their spouses are just those couples you are referring to!

anyone with common sense can see that these kinds of relationships are asking for issues in the future for both partners.

Well duh! Lots of couples have problems less foreseeable sure. But you know the thing about foreseeable problems? Anyone with any common sense can find a solution. For example, if I married a much younger woman at my age I would fully expect her to dump me for another man when I get really old. I would plan for that and live for today. In fact, I would rather that than a woman near my age to be honest. I am going to die one day anyhow. Might as well enjoy life while I can.

Highlighting the negatives of huge age differences is hardly 'ageism.'

Your wording choice was one problem. The initial "it" made it sound like murder was the problem.

But also your insistence that its an automatic problem waiting to happen was a problem. I once saw a very young man married to a grandma. Of course I was skeptical at first, but he did seem to genuinely love her and love taking care of her. Some people are like that. They may be a minority and some skepticism is called for. But so is complete acceptance once that skepticism fails to pan out.

Trump is 24 years older than his wife but nobody seems to worry about that. It would appear that the people here are all sexist rather than ageist

The more obvious answer is that Trump is wealthy, and his wife will never have to worry about changing his bedpan or helping him walk to the toilet. She will hire staff to take care of that.

People are merely saying that if you marry someone 25 years your senior, unless they are wealthy, you may well end up being their primary care provider. Being that this guy murdered her rather than do that, it's reasonable to presume he just didn't plan that far ahead.

He was quoted as saying he was tired from looking after his ailing wife.

Another case of not enough help for struggling people.

Another case of not enough help for struggling people.

No, another case of weird criminal logic. He could have divorced her and let others or the State care. It's not glorious but murder is even less.

People are merely saying that if you marry someone 25 years your senior, unless they are wealthy, you may well end up being their primary care provider.

And you don't become a caregiver if the partner is your age ? That still happens roughly to 50% of elderly couples with no age gap. At least, if you are younger, you can hope to be still fit and healthy when your partner needs you.

killing his wife Hide at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday by strangling her as she slept,

I stand corrected!