“They’re Going to Kill Me?” Canadian Family Demands Answers After Grandma Euthanized

A Canadian grandmother died by “assisted suicide” in a scene that can only be described as a farce, based on the account published by her traumatized family. A botched IV insertion sequence left 83-year-old Brigitte Stegemann, or “GG” drenched in blood flowing from her arm.

The devout Christian, closed her eyes and folded her hands as the bedside pastor prayed, but she never gave final, verbal consent to Dr. Kate Koester’s offer to administer her “medicine,” the family alleges.

Upon receiving no response, Koester allegedly replied, “Okay, well, I’m just going to get started then.” Minutes later, Stegemann was dead.

“The family had been assured, strictly and explicitly … that GG would be required to give a final, explicit verbal confirmation immediately before the injection,” noted independent journalist Kelsi Sheren, the first to interview the family. “It is the reason, they say, that they did not attempt to physically halt the procedure that morning.” Worse, Brigitte and Robert Kranendonk (Brigitte was Stegemann’s granddaughter, namesake, and power of attorney for 12 years) were asked to hand the doctor implements, thus pressuring them into helping in a procedure they did not want. ---More...