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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 meet I saw the outline of the gun he
was going this is story about two people John and Ann bender who from the outside
world seemed perfect John bender was a Wall Street genius and very quickly made upwards of 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 architects have beer 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 Ann had problems that money just couldn't fix they were living a very inward life they'd 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 it sure looked like this guy was shot in the back of his head while he was sleeping
I was framed I was set up to be accused of the death of my husband I refuse to give up I'm just not going
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Did a Wall Street millionaire kill himself or was it murder? "48 Hours" is there when his wife faces a third trial in a Costa Rican court. What really happened to John Bender? Correspondent Susan Spencer updates the case Saturday, Feb. 10 at 10/9c on CBS.

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Brief Summary

John and Ann Bender's perfect life unravels after a tragic gun incident in Costa Rica.

Key points

A Perfect Illusion. John and Ann Bender seemed like the perfect couple, but beneath the surface, troubles brewed.

Episode highlights

A Perfect IllusionJohn and Ann Bender seemed like the perfect couple, but beneath the surface, troubles brewed.“They were living a very inward life they'd cut off the world.”2:02Feb 7, 2018

Episode quotes

I refuse to give up, I'm just not going to.

A moment of determination amidst chaos.

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