Casey Kasem, an iconic voice of radio and television, may have died last June, but the feud between his children and his widow, Jean Kasem, is alive and well. Late last year his daughter Kerri Kasem went to the LAPD alleging that their father had been a victim of elder abuse and that Jean had refused to embalm her husband to prevent proof of abuse from being revealed. While the situation has been under investigation, it didn't prevent Kasem from being buried in Oslo, Norway six months after his death. Now Kerri is demanding that investigators file charges against Jean.
According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, "[Jean Kasem] took Casey on a five-day odyssey. They ran out of food, bought a six-pack of Ensure at a drugstore, poured it into the feeding machine, and jammed it — and they're saying this woman didn't kill him? The nurse in the car took pictures of his colostomy bag full of blood. The cops have all the evidence. Belle Chen at the DA office told me she'd love to have a crack at this case. LAPD should be ashamed." said a private investigator named Logan Clarke, who is close to the case.
Kerri insists that Jean was meticulous in covering her tracks by not embalming Casey's body and then botching his death certificate, a move which allowed her to ship his body to Norway without any family interference. It certainly does appear to be the actions of a woman trying to save herself rather than giving her husband the respectable burial that he so deserved. Do you think that the LAPD will ever actually file charges against Jean or arrest her on charges of abuse? Is there any way at all that these accusations could be a mistake? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
