Kevorkian Associate Reportedly Assists in Woman’s Suicide
A Westminster woman with terminal breast cancer checked into a Michigan motel this week and killed herself, reportedly with the help of an associate of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Police in the Detroit suburb of Romulus said they discovered the body of Rosaline Haas, 59, in a motel room near the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Thursday night, after receiving an anonymous phone call directing them to contact Kevorkian lawyer Geoffrey Fieger.
Fieger told the Associated Press that Haas committed suicide Thursday night with help from Kevorkian associate Dr. Georges Rene Reding, a retired psychiatrist. Haas’ sister also said Rosaline Haas was aided in her death.
In October 1996, Reding was charged with assisting in several suicides along with Kevorkian. The charges were later dropped.
Haas had lost her health insurance in a divorce and was making a meager living as an apartment manager when she was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago, the sister said.
“She wanted to live. She tried very hard to live. But the cancer ate her up alive,” she said.
Times staff writer Robert Ourlian contributed to this report.
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