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An Almost Perfect Murder

By Rachel Plotnick

Aside from her family and closest friends, Kathy Marie Augustine, 50, was not well-liked, politically or otherwise. She was known to have an abrasive personality, was fond of yelling at people, especially her employees, and, politically at least, she knew how to play the game of dirty tricks almost as well as Richard Nixon. A lot of people, including her husband, Chaz Higgs, 42, frequently referred to her as a "b****." Confident and positive despite the many obstacles that she had faced, Kathy recognized that she was tough and was damned proud of it. Her story is one of power, ambition, and enemies, and ultimately, her own death. Kathy?s murder could have been the perfect crime had it not been for a single slip of the tongue... To read the complete article, click here.continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on March 21, 2008 (boomark / email).