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Accounts in tax havens like grand caymans, for example. >> an allegation of taxes, that they smuggled jewels. >> how do you feel about the allegations that you were involved in illegal activities? >> it is an absolute fabrication. we were doing nothing wrong. >> the prosecutor and ann seemed to agree on one thing. both believe mental illness led to john's death, but for different reasons. ramirez suspects ann had a psychotic break. >> both of them were bipolar and obviously had personality disorders. but in ann's case, she knew what she was doing and planned to kill him that night. >> ann blam...

It was john and ann bender's unique refuge in the costa rican rain forest. their dream at first. >> i had never seen a place as beautiful as this. >> it is remote, with their one-of-a-kind 80,000 foot circular house. nicknamed the bender dome, which ann and john designed and built from scratch. >> we built it to take advantage of the incredible views. >> their goals? for themselves, a life of quiet isolation and purpose. a balm, to calm their inner demons. for the refuge? help native wildlife and flowers return, by keeping the poachers off the thousands of acres. the benders shared their extra...

But with its tropical beauty and beaches, an american has fought for her freedom. fought the charge that she killed her husband john, on january 8th, 2010. her passport taken, unable to leave the country. trapped. she spoke with me while waiting to stand trial for a second time. was it murder? or suicide? prosecutors claimed ann is a cold blooded killer. ann is adamant she did not murder her husband. >> will be tried twice on the same charge. >> if there were any merit to this i could respect it. and i could have some sense of peace. >> peace ann bender has been seeking since she first moved t...

Another day. >> dr. vincent is ann's psychiatrist. >> i thought that they must have been both psychotic. >> and in that case they feed off each other's manic moments? >> yes. >> shared craziness. >> shared craziness, yeah. >> i know that there is definitely something to the concept of the two of us having gone mad together. >> ann was also physically deteriorating. she says at times she was too weak to walk. during this time, ann flew to the u.s. on a trip for their gems business. she says they had been buying and stockpiling precious stones as an investment. while she was gone, ann received a...

>> when i was in my pre-teen, ten or 12. i knew something was weird. something was different. >> weird and different turned out to be early signs of what would later become serious mental illness. >> i didn't have any suicide attempts or anything like that until my 20s, that is when it really hit. >> ann would be diagnosed as bipolar. a condition characterized by episodes of severe mood swings. she says that might explain her making sometimes rather impulsive decisions like moving to virginia. >> one morning i woke up and i said i'm done with cities. i want to move to the country, i want to li...