the defense attorney fabio believes this john bender e-mail was key to ann's acquittal. >> translator: in an e-mail john sent ann months before he passed away, he said that he wanted to kill himself and everyone around him after discovering issues with his finances. >> issues like getting money from the man who managed the benders' financial trust. john wrote, i am such a total [ bleep ] loser for ever getting involved with the total scum bags. for ann, the verdict was relief and vindication. >> you must have thought it was over. >> yeah, i thought it was over. >> but it wasn't. in costa rica, such a verdict can be appealed so a defendant can be tried twice for the same crime. and that's what prosecutor edgar ramirez did. >> why did your office appeal