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Remember it because it was so vivid, that, "if i didn't 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 kathy's previous husband, charles augustine. chaz higgs first met the augustines when charles augustine suffered a stroke...

And charles were talking about a divorce before he suffered the stroke. it's 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 kathy's death. >> very early in my career, a very seasoned homicide detective shared with me something that's 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 she saw something suspi...

Her previous husband, charles augustine, was an airline pilot. he'd suffered a stroke and was hospitalized, and chaz higgs was his nurse. that's 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 developed very quickly and certainly took all of kathy's friends and family members...

His stroke, so, perhaps it wasn't 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 augustine's body was exhumed and tested for succinylcholine. >> they did find the metabolite of succinylcholine. succinylmonocholine. >> a metabolite means it's a by-product of succinylcholine. >> if you don't look for it, you don't find it. that's not a condescending answer. it's the truth. >> there has never bee...

Investigators learned that kathy and charles were talking about a divorce before he suffered the stroke. it's 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 kathy's death. >> very early in my career, a very seasoned homicide detective shared with me something that's 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 to...