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>> 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...

The most colorful politicians in nevada state politics. she was the state's first female comptroller, and she was on president bush's short list to become the secretary of the treasury. >> whether you agreed with her politics or not, you could not doubt that this woman was a force of nature. >> but augustine's star fell as quickly as it rose. >> not guilty, madam president. >> in 2004, her political enemies accused her of violating election laws, and her case was brought before the state legislature. >> i think that we can finally get a fair and nonpartisan trial in the state senate. >> but th...

Which embalming fluids were used. so, this possibility, 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, an...

In fact, my wife and i commented that we had never seen her so happy. >> unfortunately, kathy's autopsy provided few answers. >> there was no significant hardening of the arteries, nor was there any evidence that a blood clot had clogged or occluded the arteries. >> nothing was found. the medical examiners couldn't say cause of death, couldn't say manner of death, because she had no reason for her to die. >> could she have had a brain aneurism? the thing is, the autopsy showed nothing that showed any conclusive evidence of a cause of death right off the top. >> so, what caused kathy augustine'...

>> investigators were also suspicious when they listened to his entire 911 call. >> something's wrong with my wife. she's not breathing. i don't know what happened to her. it's not trauma or anything. she said she's been really stressed, you know, over the last six months or so. hey, i'm going to do some more cpr, okay? >> yeah, go ahead. >> he does not sound like the panic-stricken, grieving husband who is surprised to find his otherwise healthy wife unconscious, unresponsive, and near death. >> and ambulance workers said chaz didn't look very concerned either. >> one of the things that the p...