Maria Korp

Maria Korp is known as the woman who was strangled and placed in the boot of her car at the Shrine of Remembrance where she was left to die.

Tania Herman admitted to having attempted to strangle Maria and is serving a term in jail for her crime. However, she has implicated her former lover, the husband of Maria, Joseph Korp as the one who told her to get rid of Maria. To be honest I do not believe Tania Hermann, since the information that has come out about this case has indicated that Joseph Korp had spurned his mistress and informed her that he was returning to his wife. He had no intentions of divorcing Maria in order to marry Tania. I suspect that Tania acted out of jealousy when she ruined Maria's life forever.

Yesterday, July 26 2005, it was announced that the artificial feeding of Maria would cease because her condition had deteriorated. Maria has been sentenced to die through starvation and dehydration. This is a horrible death sentence that has been imposed upon her. It has been made by the public guardian in Victoria. To be honest this is a shameful moment in the history of my own home state of Victoria.

There has already been some who have evoked the image of Terri Schiavo and the manner in which she was forced to die when the tube was actually removed from her stomach. At least the doctors are not causing more trauma by removing the tube from Maria. Despite the obvious parallels between the two women, there are some very obvious differences.

In this particular case it is the husband and family together who were battling the doctors over this decision regarding Maria's well-being. Some will argue that Joseph Korp is being self-motivated because he faces murder charges when she dies. However, I am not convinced that he is motivated in this way. The is a total contrast to the behaviour of Michael Schiavo who feigned distress (but there were only crocodile tears to be found coming from the Schiavo family). Joseph's brother, Gusto, has been another advocate to keep Maria alive and to not allow her to die through starvation and dehydration. Again this is a total contrast to the behaviour of the Schiavo brothers who have covered up for Michael and his crime.

Maria's situation stands as a testimony to the fact that it is more than likely that Terri's injuries were caused by attempted strangulation. I certainly continue to believe that attempted strangulation via a choke hold cannot be ruled out as the cause of Terri's brain injury.

Now that the feeding has been withdrawn there is very little that can be done to save Maria from an agonizing death. To me it is obvious that Mr. Gardner did not consult the Schiavo autopsy report because he has failed to understand the effects that a slow dehydration has upon the body. The palliative care advisors have lied about the effects of this action.