Exploding emotions, a secret affair. Did you have an affair. Yes, and my husband is well aware of it. Even an identical twin. Five years of suspicion comes down to one moment. We the jury i think that anyone can imagine what its like to love someone so much, then be charged with their murder . Its unfathomable. Keith morrison reports on a cliffhanger of a case. In an instant. Thanks for joining us. Im lester holt. The papers called it the spray tan murder trial, but could a spray tan really be to blame for a Young Mothers puzzling death . The questions in this case started early one morning with a dramatic call for help and ended five years later with an equally dramatic verdict in court. Heres keith morrison. The story, when it hit the news, sounded almost crazy. Killed by a spray tan. Claiming his wife died after an allergic reaction to a spray tan. They try to blame her death on a reaction to a spray tan. And thus a myth was born. The case of the spray tan defense. What a headline. That was a strange tale. And it is true that a spray tan did play a part in what could be murder. The true story about ha happened here in miami was far more troubling, tragic and bizarre than thiany headline, and it al happened so fast. Business was good, beautiful house. Great friends, and then it changed in an instant, like that. Like that. To begin with, there was a brand newtown, an upscale suburb with green lawns and trophy boats that skirts miami. And among the families was the kaufman clan. Ing my rants a generation ago from new york. Jerry kaufman came first. Were four brothers. Lots of children and grandchildren. Familys been very close for generations. And pretty soon, it was a magnet for a big and ever bigger kaufman family, including these two, the twins. Jerrys nephews. Identical, like two halves of one person. Saturday tried to describe it like the day adam cut his finger. Were both screaming and my mom said seth, why are you crying so hysterically. And i said because it hurts. And it was adams finger. So i truly believe we do feel each others pain. They were teachers first. Big teachers, for little kids. We both started teaching prek. Because there were no Jobs Available at the time. Try to imagine you with 4yearolds. Kind of like kindergarten cop with arnold schwarzenegger, but it was a lot of fun and rewarding. But type offing didnt pay the bills so they joined the family business, real estate. But they looked like bouncers, big, burley men. And suckers for love. She was my soul mate. We had an instant connection. Adam fell first for a remarkable young woman everybody called lena. Grew up in israel, met adam at work and quickly decided that he was the twin for her. And he . I knew right away that this was the girl i wanted to spend the rest of my life with. What did she do for you . I mine she is absolutely spectacular, i mean, beautiful. Shes a head turner. Shes got class. And, you know, you have this poor shrub from new york, you meet a woman like this, youve got to jump on that opportunity. So i did my best. And something worked. So what would people see when they saw you and lena walking down the street together . Happy. The happiest time of my life. I had everything i ever wanted in a woman. Caring. Loving. Giving. Shes my best friend. They got married in march 2000. Before long, they had a girl and a boy, a nice house in a gated community, a big, extended family they saw all the time. And, as adams mother elaine saw it, a remarkably happy and untroubled relationship. There was just so much harmony in that marriage. He absolutely adored her. And she adored him. And she would tell me all the time, you know, hes so cute, mom. If i said, you know, lena, the guys want to go out tonight and grab a drink or go get a steak. No problem. Go. There was never an argument about me spending time with my friends. Theres really nothing that i would have changed about our relationship. Nothing. Then it was seths turn. And here comes this brazilian girl who is loud. That was rakell, and seth was smitten, adam and lena too. The four became inseparable. We traveled together. On the weekends we were together. Restaurants, everything, family events. It was the four of us. Like you had a sister, too. Yes. Yeah. Really did. I mean, we truly talked about and enjoyed everything together, everything. And it had to be that way. Because adam and seth are so close. So, you get the picture. It was a sweet spot in life. Too sweet, too perfect to last. It was november 6, 2007, seth and raquel were getting married. Lena was to be a brides maid. So she got her first ever spray tan to look her best. Hours after that is when it all came crashing down in an instant. And this big, happy family suddenly plunged into a very dark place. It was a little after 6 00 the next morning said adam kaufman when he woke up and realized lena wasnt next to him in bed. He walked into the bathroom, he said. And there she was. I go to run to her, and its just in slow motion as i go to her. And i touch her, and shes cold. Im screaming. Lena, lena, wake up thats when he made that frantic call to 911. My wifes in the bathroom dying he was hysterical. I need to you calm down. I cant understand what youre saying. My wife is in the bathroom. Shes in the bathroom. Shes on the floor dying. I doesnt know whats going on. Okay. Shes not breathing . No a million things are going through my mind. And all im focused on is getting her help. Please, please [ bleep ] oh, my god. Oh, my god. The 911 operator tried to instruct him in cpr, but it wasnt working. 23 minutes went by that way. You know how many times in your life seconds feel like minutes . This felt like hours. Then the medics finally arrived, shooed adam out of the way, started work on lena. Adam phoned his twin brother seth. Adam was on the other end of the line frantically screaming my name. Get over here quick, lenas not and his fiance hided to the house as emts did everything they could to coax life back into hear body. And adam is pacing back and forth, and screaming oh, my god, oh, my god, please go to my kids. Raquel got the baby out of the crib and went into the 4yearolds room. She was laying on the floor playing with her toys and she said did mommy ask you to come babysit me because she wasnt feeling well . And i said yes. Lena was being rushed out of the house into the hospital and they could not save her and adam was a mess, destroyed. What on earth had happened to lena. And the big question, did someone close make it happen . When we come back, you know where this is going. A husband now under suspicion. The whole scene together for fire rescue was like this is not adding up. When, in an instant continues. At air wick, our lavender and chamomile fragrance contains the natural essential oils of 40 lavender flowers that are gently infused into every precious bottle. Lavender and chamomile fragrance. Part of air wicks scented oils collection. You immediately feel that youve lost half of you, your soul. Your heart. I couldnt, i couldnt believe that that was true. Adam kaufman insisted he had no idea what killed lena. She was so active, seemed so healthy. How could a 33yearold go to the bathroom at night and just drop dead . Didnt make sense to the emts either. Something didnt look right. Which is why detective anthony angullo was called in to take a look at this medical mystery. He never investigated a homicide before, but could this be his first . Even a rookie knows a husband is a potential suspect when a wife drops dead. And certain things about adams story that morning seemed off. I mean, the whole scene together for fire rescue was like, this is not adding up. And it wouldnt to Kathleen Hoag either. For starters, adam said hed been in asleep in bid just before finding lena. But some of the First Responders say he was fully dressed when they arrived. No one sleeps dressed. Even to the fact that one of the officers recognized that he had cologne on and he had his watch on. As if hed been out all night or something. Or at least up. Another officer reported the hood of adams car parked in the garage felt warm to the touch as if hed just been driving it. Being warm kind of lends it to being driven. And when the detective looked in the bedroom, did his eyes deceive him . Or was one side of the bed undisturbed. As if it hadnt been slept in . So what was adams story about how he found his wife in the bathroom again . Turns out, it was a little unclear. He told the first captain that he went into the bathroom and saw her slumped over the toilet. Uhhuh. After that he made a statement where he said that she was slumped over the magazine rack. The other way. Yes. Strange. Isnt that what guilty people do . Change their story . But more than anything, it was something on lenas body that just might tell what happened to her. Some nasty looking bruises on her neck. Those and other signs of trauma suggested that lenas death wasnt from natural causes. It looked like shed been strangled. Something has happened which has cut off the air supply and created the pressure such that you get these, you know, marks in your eyes. When somebody has caused their airway to be closed. Mmhm. In other words, doesnt just happen just by itself. Not usually. So the picture coming together was not of an unexplained death said the prosecutor but the story of a husband who came out from a now out and suddenly snapped. That panic on the 911 call could be the sound of a man realizing he had just done the unthinkable. It could also be that, you know, this man ended up strangling his wife, all right, freaked out over what he did, didnt necessarily mean to do it, but, you know, it happened, because hes twice her size and a whole lot stronger than she is. And whatever set him off, set him off. But, did they arrest him . No. That, if it happened at all, would have to wait for an autopsy report, hard evidence. And so, ten days after lenas death when seth and raquel went ahead with their wedding, police were paying attention. And judaism, in particular, we celebrate life before death. Adam was there, made a speech, even cracked a few jokes about his brother. And he just wanted for his brother, his twin brother, to have somewhat of a good time at his wedding. But looked at another way, it seemed to the police somehow suspicious. As it did when a couple months after lenas death adam seemed to be dating again. So they kept an eye on him and waited for the medical examiner to issue his autopsy report. Waited for months, a year, longer. This was not like some slick miami tv show. Bureaucracies dont work so fast in real life. But then it was april, 2009. Quite suddenly, decision day. Coming up, was lena kaufman murdered . They pointed out suspicious markings on her neck. Or is there another explanation, something to do with that spray tan . Has the fda received complaints of seizures by people 17 months after that desperate november morning when adam kaufman claimed he was still in the dark, no clue, he said, as to how his lena died. He said dozens of calls to the medical Examiners Office went unanswered. So finally he called the state board of examiners to complain. Very nice guy said i will look into it, get back to you as soon as possible. And the very next day there was a ruling on the cause of lenas death, but no one told adam, not yet. It was a week later, a sultry tuesday evening. Adam was working at a new ice crime shop he and hayes brother opened during those boom to bust days for developers. In walked police, and that was not uncommon. Police always frequent our shop. And i looked back down. And i see red dots on my shirt. All over my shirt. I look back up. And then i see about 15 Police Officers, swat officers in the store, and i see them, there he is, and theyre pointing at me. And im, like, me. And they jump overthecounter, throw me down to the ground. And im like, whats going on. In walks a gentleman, plain clothes. Comes up to me and says, leans down on the floor and says remember me . It was detective anthony angu angu angullo asking the question. He says i dont want you to say a word. Real nasty. He said youre under arrest for the murder of your wife. Again, time froze. And i said what, are you kid total shock and disbelief and awe. This is not happening. This is a joke. This is a nightmare. Am i having a nightmare . The medical examiner ruled the cause of lenas death was mechanical asphyxiation, that shed been choked to death by a person, and now adam was being charged with Second Degree murder. They took him to the dade county jail, locked him away. Im thinking to myself, this is a mistake. This cant be happening. But it was happening. Days turned to weeks, weeks to months. Reality sunk in. Adams wi was accused of murder. What was your level of confidence or lack of it as you were sitting in jail waiting. I was sitting in jail saying when are they going to realize what happened . Theyre going to find out the cause of death and release me. I was waiting for that. It didnt come. For the past year and a half, the children had no mother. Now they had no father. Finally, after adam had been in jail three months his attorneys arranged a bond hearing, and as so often happens in florida, it turned into a mini trial, the state printing their evidence against adam. This big strong man, only man in the house strangled his wife and lied to cover it up . The state played that 911 call in a courtroom packed with adams family, many of whom wer hearing it for the first time. As the tape continued to play, one Family Member couldnt take it and passed out. Theres a nurse attending, so i think you should proceed. Oh, my god so this was raw stuff, seldom seen in miami courtrooms. Were you present . The first witness was detective angullo who revealed hed been vetting adam since that very first morning. I examined the body. Present were a cull other officers. They pointed out suspicion markings on her neck. And there were something else. I did observe petechial markings in her eyes. What does that present to you . Suffocation. Detective angullo said he was sure hed gotten his man. Had been suspicious since he talked to adam at the hospital. He seemed upset at one point, then the other minute he was very angry. I could see his jaw muscles clinch. Obviously disturbed. But it was strange going from being upset to angry. And where had adam been earlier that night . Not sleeping, investigators thought, remember, his side of the bed looked, to them, undisturb undisturbed. But on lenas side . There were unusual smudges. The staining appears to be on the actual pillow itself and just below the pillow where the body would lie. They were stains from the spray tan lena got the previous evening when she wanted to look her best for seth kaufmans wedding ten days later. Defense attorneys seized on that evidence and perhaps without intending to made their case famous overnight. They called in a witness ronald wright. Has the fda received complaints of seizures by people who have undergone spray tanning . Yes. Do you believe that the spray tan material should have been investigated for potentially causing an allergic reaction . Oh, sure. I mine, we dont know exactly what happened to mrs. Kaufman. We know that she collapsed of the we know she asphyxiated. But we dont know why any of that happened. And certainly, theres a real possibility that that could have been caused by this exposure to the tanner. Shes got it all over her hands. It certainly raises the possibility of an allergic reaction caused by that. She gets her first spray tan the night before chiapass away . Why not investigate it . Stranger things have happened. It would be negligent on our part not to do that. It was certainly negligent on their part not to test it. It became known far and wide as the spray tan defense. But the idea that lenas death might have been caused by an allergic reaction, one more ridiculed than serious consideration. It was almost comical. But they had a point. I miean, it was never tested, right . To see if there was a possibility that that could have caused it. There was some testing for the heck of it, but even the doctor they put on the stand couldnt ascribe to that theory. I guess it sounded sexy, but it was not feasible. The judge was not persuade either. Adam would stay in jail, no bond. His family was devastated. Twin brother seth left in tears. But shortly after that hearing in one of those rare moments, the judge had a change of heart. It was just after fathers day. The judge said he used the term i had a catharsis. He said, im going to let this boy go home to his kids. Great day. Except adam would have to wear an electronic ankle monitor, a stark reminder he was not a free man. And the real trial was yet to come. When we come back, evidence about marks on Lena Kaufmans neck and torso. Marks her best friend said she didnt see the night before when lena showed off her new tan. You said shy took off her jacket . Yes, she did. Was she nude underneath her jacket . Yes, she was. Did you notice any marks on her body at all . No. When in an instant continues. The summer that summers from here on will be compared to. 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Lena kaufman died as a result of mechanical asphyxiation to her neck. And the defendant, her husband, is the one that did it. That ultimate evidence would be scientific, medical, said the prosecutor, but he wanted jurors to keep in mind the obvious. Adam kaufm