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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. >> a metabolite means its a by-product. >> if you dont look for it, you dont find it. thats not a condesce...

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. hell 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 higgs ...

Hill. but after graduation she took a more traditional route for a time. she went to work for an airline in crew scheduling and briefly as a flight attendant. she traveled across the country. but the high flying may have come with a price. one marriage failed, then another. always a bit naive when it came to relationships. >> i think she could be too trusting of people. some of the guys that she went out with were not what id describe as the best. >> what do you think drew her to the guys who di...

In light of kathy augustines death and the murder charges against chaz higgs, greg augustine set out demanding answers in his fathers death. what really happened to his dad, charles? could he have been killed the same way kathy augustine allegedly was? >> any prudent person would have to go through the decision to exhume their father because chaz was his nurse in the hospital. >> three months after kathy died greg had his request honored. police in las vegas exhumed charles augustines body to se...

Time i knew chaz i heard him say more than four or five sentences. >> did you guys used to scratch your heads, thinking what are those two doing together? >> never asked but -- girls will be girls, we used to talk a lot, yes. >> especially when chaz and kathy said "i do" in a hawaiian ceremony. the date? just three weeks after charles died. >> and my wife and i were shaking our heads saying, this shouldnt have happened this quickly. >> but as 2004 rolled around, whispers about kathy augustines p...

>> and this was a total shock. because just days before we were talking about rehabilitation and we were talking about whos going to take care of this person. >> it turns out charles augustine would not rest in peace. and for kathy augustine charless death would be just the beginning of a bizarre chain of events. she would marry again, but when settling into her new life, storm clouds would gather. enemies and a murder investigation loomed on the horizon. coming up -- just three years after he...

Arrested and charged with first-degree murder. higgs pleaded not guilty. >> your first reaction when the cops busted him? >> relief. >> but if kathy augustine did die by an injection of succinylcholine, its even more disturbing to everyone who knew her because the effects on the victim are so terrifying. kathy augustines stepson, greg. >> but it saddened me a lot, to think that she was possibly given a drug that paralyzed her internal organs, so she suffocated, and starved her brain and heart of...

>> i loved her. >> he hates her. >> a wife with enemies and a husband maybe with a secret. >> a nurse calls, ands you know, i think you need to know something. thanks for joining us im ann curry now the latest on a story we have been following for more than a year. it is no secret that politics can be a dangerous game, when, she rumors flew in the halls of power. politics may make strange, even treacherous bedfellows, but then so do some marriages. heres hoda kotb with the latest. >>...