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Investigators learned that kathy and charles were talking about a divorce before he suffered the stroke. it's unclear whether kathy would have remained the beneficiary, had the two divorced. investigators now wondered if charles augustine had been a victim of foul play, but their immediate concern was the investigation of kathy's death. >> very early in my career, a very seasoned homicide detective shared with me something that's always kind of stayed with me. and he said that during the course of a good investigation, the clean get cleaner and the dirty get dirtier. >> the medical examiner to...

♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. 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 mentioned using that particular drug on someone in order to...

Wanted to clear her name. >> 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 loade...

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...

Blank crazy, and it's working. >> 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. >...