It would be nice to think that this terrible tragedy will have a positive impact on the state making changes to their laws. The Michigan Senate is still reviewing a potential law that will ban the installation of power limiters for the elderly.
Bay County Prosecutor Kurt Asbury, citing the results of a Michigan State Police investigation and a final autopsy report, called Marvin Schur's death a "terrible tragedy" but said no crimes were committed.Of course Alzheimer's disease was listed. Businesses use technology to identify deviations such as strange purchases or more recently, to identify potential problem customers who may not be able to maintain payments. It should not be difficult for them to notice strange payment problems with someone who was a paying customer for decades. One would have thought the person who installed the limiting device could have noticed something though admittedly, that's not their job and even if they noticed there's little to suggest the power company would have listened. Hopefully the Michigan Senate is now listening.
Neighbors discovered Schur's body on Jan. 17 in his house in Bay City, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit. The windows were frosted over, icicles hung from a faucet and the World War II veteran lay dead on the bedroom floor in a winter jacket over four layers of clothing.
The autopsy showed Schur, who lived alone, died of hypothermia, with heart disease as a contributing factor. Alzheimer's disease also was noted in the findings.
