Accused Of Murderer For Transmitting HIV To His Lover

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A Lucas County, Ohio, judge posted bail of $ 1.5 million for the man accused of the death of Kimberly Klempner, 51, who became infected with HIV.

According to the ABC affiliate in that state, Ronald Murdock, who was married to another woman, had an intimate relationship for five years with Klempner, without telling him that he was a carrier of the virus that causes AIDS and without using protection.

It was Murdock's wife who, upon discovering infidelity, told Klempner that he was HIV-positive, but it was too late as she had already contracted the virus and died in February of this year.

Now the son of the deceased, Josh Klempner, is trying to focus attention on the seriousness of this problem: “If you are going to be in a (close) relationship, get a (medical) checkup. Period.”He says, as he regrets that Murdock concealed his illness:“It would have been different if I had allowed people to know I had it (HIV) before entering that relationship, but they didn't. So that tells me - and everyone else - that he doesn't care.”

The son of the alleged victim also believes that the defendant deserves to bear the full weight of the law on him: "He should have warned her," says Klempner. "I should have told him. I don't want him to go outside. The way I see it is that they would have to bury him in prison."

More and more people are contracting AIDS with criminal charges. In New York, the Center for HIV Law & Policy has recorded nearly 280 arrests and prosecutions related to HIV exposure between 2008 and 2016.