In the quiet town of Pearl River, New York, the life of 88-year-old Louise Papeman came to a tragic end on her birthday, February 21, 1999. A female resident of the community, her death was the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by her husband, Walter Papeman, who was 86 at the time. The act was described as a mercy killing, a final, desperate measure to end his wife's suffering from kidney disease and depression.
Walter, a retired plumber who had spent his life in Pearl River, was arres
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