The 2012 Murder Of Radio Host April Kauffman
Dr. James Kauffman offered a motorcycle gang leader $50,000 and unlimited Oxycontin prescriptions to murder his wife, April, who was suing him for divorce.
By:
Crime Feed Staff
Andrew "Chef" Glick tells one of the decade's most dramatic crime stories: the 2012 murder of radio host April Kauffman. Five years on, a new detective pressures Chef to commit the ultimate sin: wear a wire on his Pagan brother.
April's daughter was certain that Dr. James Kauffman was responsible for the murder, but it took five years for the truth to come to light.
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