When police were called to the home by concerned neighbors, they discovered Mrs Yiambilis unconscious on the floor and her son confused and listless, but awake. The 59-year-old married mother of two later died, but Gus Yiambilis survived and was charged in with murder and aiding a suicide. During a hearing scheduled for later today, Yiambilis ' attorney will try to convince a judge to drop the murder charge against the 30-year-old suspect. ‘I can't state emphatically enough that this was not murder,’ William Goldman told Philadelphia inquirer. ‘His mom left notes to donate her hair to Locks of Love. She said she was taking Gus home to God.’

According to the lawyer, the mother and son had lost the will to live because they were both unemployed, burdened with debt, on the verge of eviction and suffering from medical problems. Yiambilis was fired from his job at a bank just days earlier and was in needed of a brain surgery he could not afford, NBC 10 reported at the time. His mother, an out-of-work artist and designer, was suffering from a painful condition called fibromyalgia.

At around 8pm that night, police say the 30-year-old Mr Yiambilis turned on a gasoline-powered portable generator inside their apartment in the 3000 block of Bristol road in Bensalem, where cracks and vents had been sealed with duct tape in advance to prevent carbon monoxide fumes from escaping. When interviewed by police later, Yiambilis admitted that he was the one who switched on the generator. Speaking from his hospital bed with detectives, the 30-year-old also allegedly stated: 'I can't believe I killed my mother. She's the only thing i got.'

Originally posted by Mhs90 And this ladies and gentlemen, is our wonderful American health system

So sad that the only people at fault here is the American government since they rather people go broke than provide them free health care.

Rest in peace to the mom, and I hope the son isn't charged. He should be put into a mental health hospital.