Sneak peek: Paradise Lost | Forensic Files

He was brilliant, phenomenally handsome. He was everything that to me symbolized a future with a capital
F. And it just clicked. And from that first day, there was never any doubt that we were meant to
[Music] meet. I saw the outline of the gun and he had it pointed at his head. He was going to die that night no
matter what. This is a story about two people, John and Anne Bender, who from the outside
world seemed perfect. John Bender was a Wall Street genius and very quickly made
upwards of a half a billion dollars. By the time he was in his early 30s, their whole worlds were each other. And when
they found each other, they really didn't need anything else. We built the house with the idea of it
being our home to our taste. They said, "Let's retreat to Costa Rica to the deepest part of the
rainforest and set up a nature preserve. Not many people are willing or want to live in a house that has no
walls. Our architect said we were nuts. You were happy. I loved it. And John was
happy. Yes. As happy as John could be. What you think is paradise isn't necessarily paradise. John and Ant had
problems that money just couldn't fix. They were living a very inward life. They had cut off the world. He had
decided that the world would be better off without it. There were no lights on. All I knew
is he had a gun and I tried to get it away from him and I couldn't and it went off.
It comes down to basically two people in a room with a gun. I tried to stop him and I've been accused of killing him.
I never saw a motive explaining why she would have shot her husband. Only when you see the forensics
and you see the photographs that you begin to think it's possible. It sure looked like this guy was shot in the
back of his head while he was sleeping. I did not kill my husband.

A husband shot dead in his Costa Rican paradise, his wife's murder conviction tossed out. Who killed the Wall Street millionaire? "48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer updates the case Saturday, July 25, 2015, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

The episode details the tragic story of John and Anne Bender, culminating in John's death and Anne's accusations of murder.

Key points

The Perfect Couple. John and Anne Bender seemed perfect, but their paradise had hidden problems.
A Fatal Encounter. A gun, a struggle, and a tragic outcome change everything.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

What you think is paradise isn't necessarily paradise.

1:51WatchSep 24, 2014

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