i did not shoot my husband. you can tell me right here and right now, you did not kill him? i did not shoot my husband. i tried to stop him. on january 14th, 2013, three years after john bender s death, in a courtroom in san ysidro, koes sta reek ka, ann bender went on trial, charged with murdering her husband. [ speaking in foreign language ] her lawyer asked about her claim that she saw john holding a gun to his head. [ speaking in foreign language ] on cross-examination, ann
guilty. the defense attorney fabio believes this john bender e-mail was key to ann s acquittal. translator: in an e-mail john sent ann months before he passed away said he wanted to kill himself and everyone around him after discovering issues with his finances. issues like getting money from the man who managed the bender s financial trust. john wrote, i am such a total [ bleep ] loser forever getting involved with the total scum bags. for ann, the verdict was relief and vindication. you must have thought it was over. yeah, i thought it was over. but it wasn t. in koes sta reek ka, such a verdict can be appealed so a defendant can be tried twice for the same crime. and that s what prosecutor edgar