PIlls, Pagans, and Mu7der | Al Profit American Dope

May 2012, an affluent suburb of Atlantic City. April Kauffman, a 47 year old doctors wife, is found by her husband lying in her bed..deceased from gunshot wounds.. Kauffman was a local somebody who hosted weekly radio talk shows and advocated for military veterans. She had received a governor's award for outstanding community service just a few days before her death.. Who would possibly want to break in her home and take her out? The crime scene didn’t appear to be a robbery or random burglary. A motive is non-existent, and 5 years pass.

They had been married for ten years. It was her third marriage. Her second husband had also been a doctor. April Kaufmann’s adult daughter from her first marriage thought she knew who whacked her mother from day one. But it would take nearly five years before law enforcement would put the case together.

From the start there were rumors, hints and whispers that James Kauffman wanted his wife dead. He had actually mentioned this to people. “Word on the Street” in the Atlantic County underworld, particularly in the underworld populated by outlaw biker gangs, that there was a doctor willing to pay to have his wife killed.

Murder, Dr. Kaufmann had decided, was cheaper, and less risky, than divorce. At the time of the mysterious slaying, the Kauffmans were a celebrity couple in Atlantic County. He was a dapper, wealthy physician who spoke at symposiums and who railed against the dietary habits and sedentary lifestyle of patients battling diabetes. Described by some as charismatic and by others as arrogant, the doctor was also an enthusiastic gun collector. He had an array of rifles and handguns that he kept under lock and key in his home. He spent time skeet shooting and on firing ranges. He was 15 years older than his wife, liked hanging out with bikers, and… had a second “income stream” as they say. A big one. Oxycontin.