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However, in charles augustine's case, there were no records of which embalming fluids were used. so, this possibility, however remote, would not be eliminated. therefore, the medical examiner did not change the manner of his death to homicide. >> i'm sure that there will always be some well-placed suspicions surrounding mr. augustine's 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 this case would have been a mystery...

Virginia. it was there that kathy's urine tested positive for trace amounts of succinylcholine. had the samples not been frozen immediately, it would have been useless. chaz higgs was arrested and charged with his wife's murder. >> in searching his car, they found a stack of 3 by 5 cards. the very top card told all of the uses and dosages for succinylcholine. >> investigators now wondered if kathy's previous husband, charles augustine, had been murdered, too. honestly? i wanted a smartphone that shoots great video. so i got the new nokia lumia icon. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and ...

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...

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...

Wheeling chaz away. >> chaz higgs left a suicide note, saying he couldn't 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 wife's career was ruined by you. i want to be buried beside my wife so we can hold hands in the sunshine. >> fortunately, chaz received meddle attention in time, and he survived. the next day, kathy's funeral went ahead as planned. friends and foes alike were there. >> it was a heartbreaking ceremony. but hanging ...