while his cell mate was at a court appearance. it was friday, two weeks after the 69-year-old was formally charged for the murder of his wife april kauffman back in 2012. four other people were also charged including members of the pagan s motorcycle gang. prosecutors say kauffman ran illegal pill mill from his atlantic county offices with the pagan s. they allege he hired a hit man to kill his wife when she threatened to expose him during divorce proceedings. kauffman was first held in the atlantic county jail but was moved to hudson county due to what prosecutors caulder credible threats on his life. in a statement the prosecutor s office says james kauffman died in an apparent suicide on friday morning, january 26, 2018. the investigation is continuing and we will have no further at this time. april kauffman was a radio host found shot inside the home she shared with her husband. we spoke with her daughter shortly after dr. kauffman was charged. right now in my heart i
news at 10:00. shocking twist in new jersey murder investigation. dr. james kauffman who is facing trial in the murder of his wife is found dead in new jersey jail cell. the intense five year investigation takes a deadly turn. good evening everyoning i m chris o connell. i m dawn timmy. dr. kauffman arrested for hiring a hit man to kill his wife back in 2012. today officials found him dead in his prison cell. our shawnette wilson is live in our operations center with the very latest information. shawnette. dawn and chris i m told suicide involved a note and bed sheet those are the only details made available so far. i also spoke with an attorney for april kauffman s daughter. he says this is another emotional day. for the past five and a half years i felt like i ve been holding my breath. reporter: that was kimberly pack s reaction when we spoke to her earlier this month after doctor james kauffman was form formally with killing his wife april who is kimberly s moth
at 11. murder for hire plot takes another dramatic turn. dr. james kauffman awaiting trial for his wife s murder found dead in his new jersey jail cell. the investigation only getting more intense playing out like a made for tv movie. good evening, i m dawn timmeney. five years after his wife was shot to death, dr. kauffman arrested for hiring a hit man to kill the popular radio personality. charged with her murder just two and a half weeks ago, today officials discovering him dead in his prison cell. our shawnette wilson is live in our operations center with the details. shawnette. reporter: dawn, what we know is that the suicide involved a note and bed sheets that it happened when kauffman s cell mate was out for court appearance. for the past five and a half years, i have felt like i ve been holding my breath. reporter: that was kimberly reaction when we spoke to her earlier this month after dr. james kauffman was formally charged with condition his wife april wh
been holding my breath. reporter: that was kimberly reaction when we spoke to her earlier this month after dr. james kauffman was formally charged with condition his wife april who s kimberly s mother. i think for the first time today i can breathe. two week after the charges an attorney for the victim s daughter says she has nothing to say about the latest developments. he said quote she s not ready, it s very raw. that in response to prosecutors say kauffman wrote suicide note then killed himself in his cell in the hudson county jail this morning. publish reports say he waited until his cell mate was taken out for court appearance then used a bed sheet to take his life. dr. james kauffman he has weapon. drop the begun! reporter: dr. kauffman threatened to hick live before. this intense body cam video shows him waving a gun and threatening to kill himself last year when investigators were executing a search warrant on his office in egg harbor township. let s ta
chill toy start but warming up nicely today. that s right. i think a forecast a lot of people will like, jan, it will be feeling like spring time. as we led into the afternoon hours, with temperatures on the rise, eventually, making it into the mid 50 s, but yes, little bit chilly as we start out your saturday morning. let me take to you live look right now, from across the river there, from palmyra cove nature park on live neighborhood network cam. you can see the skyline lit up there, off in the distance, we have dry conditions, and mostly clear conditions starting out the day today. now, notice, the flow on the temperature map. coming out of the south, that is going to help to pump up the numbers into the 50 s later this afternoon, but right now, it is 32 degrees, in philadelphia. it is 28 in wilmington. thirty-six in millville. and down the shore, checking in, very mild, for the morning , and in the upper 30 s , so those are s locations cents where we will actually noti