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Strike up a friendship with chaz higgs. when charles augustine died in the hospital, as his wife, kathy was the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy. three weeks later, she married chaz higgs. in 2007, charles augustines body was exhumed and tested for succinylcholine. >> they did find the metabolite of succinylcholine. succinylmonocholine. >> a metabolite means its a by-product of succinylcholine. >> if you dont look for it, you dont find it. thats not a condescending answer. tha...

Hed suffered a stroke and was hospitalized, and chaz higgs was his nurse. thats when kathy and chaz met. >> they were seen together in the hospital, having meals together in the hospital cafeteria. a relative of charles augustine was quoted as saying he thought it was odd, that kathy and the nurse were spending so much time together. >> charles augustine died in the hospital. kathy married chaz just three weeks later. >> it was a relationship that evolved very quickly and certainly took all of k...

Its unclear whether kathy would have remained the beneficiary had the two divorced. investigators now wondered if charles augustine had been a victim of foul play. but their immediate concern was the investigation of kathys death. >> very early in my career, a very seasoned homicide detective shared with me something thats always kind of stayed with me. and he said that during the course of a good investigation, the clean get cleaner and the dirty get dirtier. >> the medical examiner told police...

Vivid, that, "if i didnt have a daughter in las vegas, i would kill my wife and throw her down a mine shaft." >> after a ten-day trial, chaz higgs faced the jury. >> we, the jury, in the above-entitled matter, find the defendant, chaz higgs, guilty of first-degree murder. >> chaz higgs was sentenced to life in prison. he will be eligible for parole after 20 years. investigators have questioned whether higgs had anything to do with the death of kathys previous husband, charles augustine. chaz hig...

>> one of them is the fbi lab in virginia. it was there that kathys urine tested positive for trace amounts of succinylcholine. had the samples not been frozen immediately, it would have been useless. chaz higgs was arrested and charged with his wifes murder. >> in searching his car, they found a stack of 3 by 5 cards. the very top card told all of the uses and dosages for succinylcholine. >> investigators now wondered if kathys previous husband, charles augustine, had been murdered, too. [bell ...

Remember it because it was so vivid, that, "if i didnt have a daughter in las vegas, i would kill my wife and throw her down a mine shaft." >> after a ten-day trial, chaz higgs faced the jury. >> we, the jury, in the above-entitled matter, find the defendant, chaz higgs, guilty of first-degree murder. >> chaz higgs was sentenced to life in prison. he will be eligible for parole after 20 years. investigators have questioned whether higgs had anything to do with the death of kathys previous husban...

And charles were talking about a divorce before he suffered the stroke. its unclear whether kathy would have remained the beneficiary, had the two divorced. investigators now wondered if charles augustine had been a victim of foul play, but their immediate concern was the investigation of kathys death. >> very early in my career, a very seasoned homicide detective shared with me something thats always kind of stayed with me. and he said that during the course of a good investigation, the clean g...

Her previous husband, charles augustine, was an airline pilot. hed suffered a stroke and was hospitalized, and chaz higgs was his nurse. thats when kathy and chaz met. >> they were seen together in the hospital, having meals together in the hospital cafeteria. a relative of charles augustine was quoted as saying he thought it was odd, that kathy and the nurse were spending so much time together. >> charles augustine died in the hospital. kathy married chaz just three weeks later. >> it was a rel...

His stroke, so, perhaps it wasnt inappropriate for her to strike up a friendship with chaz higgs. when charles augustine died in the hospital, as his wife, kathy, was the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy. three weeks later, she married chaz higgs. in 2007, charles augustines body was exhumed and tested for succinylcholine. >> they did find the metabolite of succinylcholine. succinylmonocholine. >> a metabolite means its a by-product of succinylcholine. >> if you dont look for ...

Investigators learned that kathy and charles were talking about a divorce before he suffered the stroke. its unclear whether kathy would have remained the beneficiary, had the two divorced. investigators now wondered if charles augustine had been a victim of foul play, but their immediate concern was the investigation of kathys death. >> very early in my career, a very seasoned homicide detective shared with me something thats always kind of stayed with me. and he said that during the course of ...