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We'll be here at lifelock doing our thing: you do your share spontaneous moments thing, alerting you in ways your bank alone can't. get lifelock protection and live life free. several days after kathy augustine died, emergency workers were called to her house yet again. >> this is fire dispatch. what are we going out there for? >> kathleen augustine's husband's attempted suicide. >> okay. do you know what method? >> slit his wrist. he's unconscious. >> we got a call from a neighbor that an ambulance was outside kathy's home and they were wheeling chaz away.

Win an award. close a deal. hire an intern. and still have time to spare. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business. built for business. kathy augustine's death was now ruled a homicide. her husband, chaz higgs, was arrested and charged with her murder. he denied taking succinylcholine from work, but his access to the drug and his public statements about his wife made him the likely suspect. >> everything pointed to succinylcholine. chaz higgs had access to it, that chaz higgs was angry with his wife, that chaz higgs had...

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 forever. >> this whole case was based on forensic evidence, an...

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's computer revealed some surprising e-mails, which proved chaz was having affairs. >>...

>> 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 pa...