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As police investigated the death of kathy augustine, they had to consider the possibility that her husband, chaz higgs, a registered nurse, was somehow involved. chaz told everyone who would listen that their three-year marriage was a happy one. co-workers, however, disputed that. >> he used to say some nasty things about his wife. a nurse would see that he's busy doing something, walk over and say, is there anything i can do to help? and his response usually was, yeah, get rid of my wife. >> a search of chaz' computer revealed some surprising e-mails, which proved chaz was having affairs. >> ...

However remote, could 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 forever. >> this whole case was based on forensic evidence, and had it not been for the hard work of the fbi and for t...

>> she was one of the top five elected officials in the state. some people thought she was not very nice and some people thought she was the greatest thing since cupcakes. >> two years later, kathy augustine ran again for state treasurer, but in the middle of that campaign, kathy fell ill. >> something is wrong with my wife. she's not breathing. >> she's not breathing at all? >> not breathing at all. i need some help. >> when paramedics arrived, kathy was barely alive. >> they gave her two drugs to assist her, kind of jolted her back into business, and then they loaded her into the ambulance a...

Kathy augustine became the first official in nevada history to be impeached. she was convicted on one charge but acquitted of two others. she paid a $15,000 fine. the governor asked her to resign from office but she refused and even insisted she would have no trouble working again with the very employees who wanted to bring her down. >> after everything i've been through i certainly -- i certainly can handle a little animosity. >> i always gave her credit for continuing forward, even though she'd made some bitter enemies. >> and enemies or not, in 2006 kathy augustine felt confident enough to ...

She wasn't there. i came home to give her a call. to chew her out. >> she wasn't home because in the early morning hours kathy had stopped breathing. her husband, chaz higgs, says he found her on the bed and called 911. >> something's wrong with my wife. she's not breathing. i didn't know what happened to her. >> she's not breathing at all? >> not breathing at all. >> higgs thought she might have had a heart attack and that he admipsterred cpr, but the e for thes may have come too late. later he spoke to reporters. >> i went in to try to wake her up. and i couldn't get her to wake up. and i ch...