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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. >> a metabolite means it's a by-product. >> 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 been a document the case of succinylmonocholi...

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'll 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. higgs was one of his nurses at...

Hill. but after graduation she took a more traditional route for a time. she went to work for an airline in crew scheduling and briefly as a flight attendant. she traveled across the country. but the high flying may have come with a price. one marriage failed, then another. always a bit naive when it came to relationships. >> i think she could be too trusting of people. some of the guys that she went out with were not what i'd describe as the best. >> what do you think drew her to the guys who didn't seem suited for her? >> you know, i think it was just an impulsivity i guess would be the best...

In light of kathy augustine's death and the murder charges against chaz higgs, greg augustine set out demanding answers in his father's death. what really happened to his dad, charles? could he have been killed the same way kathy augustine allegedly was? >> any prudent person would have to go through the decision to exhume their father because chaz was his nurse in the hospital. >> three months after kathy died greg had his request honored. police in las vegas exhumed charles augustine's body to see if he also had succinylcholine in his system. greg and the police waited for answers as chaz hi...

Time i knew chaz i heard him say more than four or five sentences. >> did you guys used to scratch your heads, thinking what are those two doing together? >> never asked but -- girls will be girls, we used to talk a lot, yes. >> especially when chaz and kathy said "i do" in a hawaiian ceremony. the date? just three weeks after charles died. >> and my wife and i were shaking our heads saying, this shouldn't have happened this quickly. >> but as 2004 rolled around, whispers about kathy augustine's private life were drowned out by the roar of a public scandal. >> i think that both sides of the st...