his stroke, so perhaps it wasn t inappropriate for her to strike up a friendship with chaz higgs. when charles augustine died in the hospital, as his wife, kathy was the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy. three weeks later, she married chaz higgs. in 2007, charles augustine s body was exhumed and tested for succinylcholine. they did find the metabolite of succinylcholine. a metabolite means it s a by-product. if you don t look for it, you don t find it. that s not a condescending answer. it s the truth. there has never been a document the case of succinylmonocholine being produced as a result of embalming fluid. however in charles augustine s case, there were no records of which embalming fluids were used, so this possibility,