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RENO, Nev. (AP) — David Houston, one of Reno’s top defense attorneys who represented...

Criminal defense attorney Dave Houston dead following complications following a surgery in November, according to friend and fellow attorney Ken Lyon.

Nevada GOP far more bipartisan in 2004 impeachment of Augustine | Sheila Leslie Reno-Gazette-Journal 2/18/2021 One odd consequence of Donald Trump’s impeachment spectacle was a reconsideration of my own vote for impeachment, cast in 2004, which momentarily distracted me from the agony of watching all but seven Republicans in the U.S. Senate refuse to convict him of inciting insurrection, even though he was clearly guilty. After all, his continuous colossal lies about the election being stol...

Date Time Meet, Marry, Murder – Portsmouth academic delivers insight into shocking crimes The figures are shocking – 14% of all murders are committed by a current spouse or partner; with former partners responsible for one in seven murders. “Meet Marry Murder” is a TV series on Sky’ Crime+Investigation, it explores some of these devastating crimes with the help of Dr Brian Frederick, a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing at the University of Portsmouth. Dr Frederick is one o...

Do you know what method? >> he slit his wrists. hes unconscious. >> we got a call from a neighbor that an ambulance was outside kathys home and they were wheeling chaz away. >> chaz higgs left a suicide note, saying he couldnt live without his wife, kathy. he blamed her political enemies for her death. >> thank you for taking my wife away from me. she was fighting for her life, a life that was taken away by non-caring politicians. my wifes career was ruined by you. i want to be buried beside my ...

>> she was one of the top five elected officials in the state. some people thought she was not very nice and some people thought she was the greatest thing since cupcakes. >> two years later, kathy augustine ran again for state treasurer, but in the middle of that campaign, kathy fell ill. >> something is wrong with my wife. shes not breathing. >> shes not breathing at all? >> not breathing at all. i need some help. >> when paramedics arrived, kathy was barely alive. >> they gave her two drugs t...

The most colorful politicians in nevada state politics. she was the states first female comptroller, and she was on president bushs short list to become the secretary of the treasury. >> whether you agreed with her politics or not, you could not doubt that this woman was a force of nature. >> but augustines star fell as quickly as it rose. >> not guilty, madam president. >> in 2004, her political enemies accused her of violating election laws, and her case was brought before the state legislatur...

Which embalming fluids were used. so, this possibility, however remote, could not be eliminated. therefore, the medical examiner did not change the manner of his death to homicide. >> im sure that there will always be some well-placed suspicions surrounding mr. augustines death. >> for now, chaz higgs is in prison because two emergency room nurses made a split-second decision that foiled his well-laid plans. >> but for the high-tech testing methods and the forensic technology available, i think ...

In fact, my wife and i commented that we had never seen her so happy. >> unfortunately, kathys autopsy provided few answers. >> there was no significant hardening of the arteries, nor was there any evidence that a blood clot had clogged or occluded the arteries. >> nothing was found. the medical examiners couldnt say cause of death, couldnt say manner of death, because she had no reason for her to die. >> could she have had a brain aneurism? the thing is, the autopsy showed nothing that showed a...

>> investigators were also suspicious when they listened to his entire 911 call. >> somethings wrong with my wife. shes not breathing. i dont know what happened to her. its not trauma or anything. she said shes been really stressed, you know, over the last six months or so. hey, im going to do some more cpr, okay? >> yeah, go ahead. >> he does not sound like the panic-stricken, grieving husband who is surprised to find his otherwise healthy wife unconscious, unresponsive, and near death. >> and ...