Harrisburg, Pa. (AP) -- A man whose wife weighed twice as much as he did
was squashed to death when she sat on him during a domestic quarrel, the
Dauphin County coroner said Thursday.
Kay Weaver, 36, sat on her husband Kenneth, 41, for five to ten minutes in
their rural home in nearby Elizabethville, said Dr. William B. Bush, the
county coroner.
"The massive amount of pressure on his chest rendered him unable to
breathe," said Bush, whose office conducted an autopsy and investigation.
"Because of that, he suffocated."
State trooper Claude Mohr, who investigated the case, said Mrs. Weaver
weighs about 280 pounds. Bush said the woman's husband was a "very small,
very thin" man, weighing between 125 and 140 pounds.
Mrs. Weaver was not in custody and will probably not be charged, the
trooper said. "She was trying to restrain her husband," Mohr said. "There's
no indication there was any foul play intended."
Weaver came home drunk and in a bad mood at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mohr
said. He soon went out again to go drinking and returned about 9 p.m. after
running his truck into a ditch, the trooper said.
After Weaver "threatened to shoot the wife and two sons and burn the house
down," his wife attempted to subdue him while a son was sent to get the
state police, Mohr said.
Mohr said Weaver's drinking may have contributed to his death.
was squashed to death when she sat on him during a domestic quarrel, the
Dauphin County coroner said Thursday.
Kay Weaver, 36, sat on her husband Kenneth, 41, for five to ten minutes in
their rural home in nearby Elizabethville, said Dr. William B. Bush, the
county coroner.
"The massive amount of pressure on his chest rendered him unable to
breathe," said Bush, whose office conducted an autopsy and investigation.
"Because of that, he suffocated."
State trooper Claude Mohr, who investigated the case, said Mrs. Weaver
weighs about 280 pounds. Bush said the woman's husband was a "very small,
very thin" man, weighing between 125 and 140 pounds.
Mrs. Weaver was not in custody and will probably not be charged, the
trooper said. "She was trying to restrain her husband," Mohr said. "There's
no indication there was any foul play intended."
Weaver came home drunk and in a bad mood at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mohr
said. He soon went out again to go drinking and returned about 9 p.m. after
running his truck into a ditch, the trooper said.
After Weaver "threatened to shoot the wife and two sons and burn the house
down," his wife attempted to subdue him while a son was sent to get the
state police, Mohr said.
Mohr said Weaver's drinking may have contributed to his death.
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