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Paradise Lost

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The Case of John Bender

Ann Bender was charged with murder in Costa Rica 19 months after John's death. She claims one of her trustees siphoned money from the $70 million Bender Trust to pay his credit card bills. Forensic experts say authorities had a preconceived idea that this was murder. They cite other monumental mistakes, not immediately testing for gunpowder residue and fingerprinting the gun.

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