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20 years ago when I was going to school in Winneshiek county, the average winter temperature was considered to be 19F. Lots of -50F nights. About every other year there was at least one story of someone freezing to death when their car broke down, etc.

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When I was a few years old, my neighbor and his wife were driving home from town just a few miles away. They got in an argument and the wife demanded to walk home. She died of hypothermia.

Unless there was a third person in the car besides your neighbour and his wife, I'd take the statement of the wife "demanding" to walk home with a grain of salt. Especially an adult who would have heard about others freezing to death and hopefully knew better.

Yeah, I'm sure the police looked into it. I'm probably not recounting the story with perfect accuracy either.

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