Police in Missouri arrested a man after they said he admitted to strangling his ailing wife in a hospital bed because he reportedly could not afford to pay for her medical care. Ronnie Wiggs, 76, is charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of his wife,

A Kansas City-area man who’s charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn’t take care of her or afford her medical bills, court records say. Ronnie Wiggs made his first appearance Monday on a second-degree murder charge and was referred to the public defender’s office.

A Kansas City, Missouri,-area man charged with strangling his wife said he did it because he couldn’t take care of her or afford her medical bills, according to court records. A statement published by prosecutors on Saturday said Ronnie Wiggs,