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A brilliant American financier and his wife build a lavish mansion in the jungles of Costa Rica, set up a wildlife preserve, and appear to slowly, steadily lose their minds. A spiral of handguns, angry locals, armed guards, uncut diamonds, and abduction plots ends with a body and a compelling mystery.
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Step by step through the final hours she and john spent here. ann says they followed their nightly routine. john turned out the lights and they got into bed. ann says she began to dose off. >> i was lying on my belly. face down. my head facing towards him. and i opened my eyes, because i heard him talking. >> reporter: so what was he saying? >> he refer to my suicide attempts where i had been in bed next to him and he said something to the effect of knowing how it feels to wake up with your spouse dead. >> reporter: though it was dark, ann says she could see that john had a gunpoi pointed at h...
Air tonight at 9:00 p.m. right here on cnn. it tells the story of an american couple living out what they had hoped would be their retirement dream in costa rica. that dream quickly turned into a nightmare. the husband shot dead in his bed. the grieving wife was accused of doing it. cnn's randi kaye uncovers the bizarre details, have a look. >> reporter: ann bender remembers all too well the joy before the madness of january 8th, 2010. here, inside her home, she took me up the elevator leading to her bedroom, the place where her husband died. hard for you to come in here? >> it's a little toug...