Summary of Gary C. King's An Almost Perfect Murder

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:

#1 The city of Reno, Nevada, is situated in the northwestern corner of the state. It is known as the Biggest Little City in the World since it was founded in 1928, when the two-lane highway that enabled travelers to get across Donner Summit to California was paved.

#2 The Meadows subdivision, just southeast of Reno, was the scene of a strange couple in 2006. George Reade, a communications supervisor for the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority, took a call at 6:43 A. M. about a person not breathing.

#3 The first shrieks of the REMSA vehicle’s siren broke the early-morning stillness on Otter Way. Paramedics Benjamin Pratt and Manny Fuentes knew that they were responding to a lights-and-siren cardiac arrest call, a Code 3.

#4 The Reno Fire Department and the Reno Police Department responded to the scene. The first police unit was on the scene at 6:52 A. M. They had determined that they were rushing to the home of Kathy Augustine, Nevada state controller, an elected official, and her husband, Higgs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669392699

IRB Media

With IRB books, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

Book preview

Insights on Gary C. King's An Almost Perfect Murder

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The city of Reno, Nevada, is situated in the northwestern corner of the state. It is known as the Biggest Little City in the World since it was founded in 1928, when the two-lane highway that enabled travelers to get across Donner Summit to California was paved.

#2

The Meadows subdivision, just southeast of Reno, was the scene of a strange couple in 2006. George Reade, a communications supervisor for the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority, took a call at 6:43 A. M. about a person not breathing.

#3

The first shrieks of the REMSA vehicle’s siren broke the early-morning stillness on Otter Way. Paramedics Benjamin Pratt and Manny Fuentes knew that they were responding to a lights-and-siren cardiac arrest call, a Code 3.

#4

The Reno Fire Department and the Reno Police Department responded to the scene. The first police unit was on the scene at 6:52 A. M. They had determined that they were rushing to the home of Kathy Augustine, Nevada state controller, an elected official, and her husband, Higgs.

#5

After the 911 call, RPD officers Steve Mussell and Joe Proffitt spoke to Higgs, who explained that he had been alone with his wife since the previous evening. He claimed that she had stopped breathing when he returned to their bedroom a short time later.

#6

Kathy died from a massive heart attack on Tuesday, July 11, 2006, in Washoe Medical Center’s ICU. Her cause of death was released to the news media as complications from the heart attack, even though the definitive autopsy had not yet been performed.

#7

Kathy Augustine’s death was announced that same day, and Detective David Jenkins was sent a note with a woman’s name and telephone number. He knew that he would not be going home anytime soon.

#8

A traveling nurse named Kim Ramey called in a potential tip about Kathy’s death. She had worked with Chaz Higgs at his place of employment, Carson-Tahoe Regional Health Care, in Carson City. She had suspicions that Higgs had intentionally administered