On May 10, 2012, April Kauffman, a vivacious 47-year-old Jersey Shore radio host and veterans activist, was found shot dead in the bedroom of her Linwood, New Jersey, home she shared with her husband.

​For years, the case of April Kauffman grew cold. Then Damon Tyner was named to take over the prosecutor’s office early this year and ordered a top-to-bottom review of cold cases, quickly making it a priority to solve April Kauffman's homicide.

 

Detectives and prosecutors went to court for an order to take the husband’s DNA. At the same time, a separate case dealing with pharmaceuticals was percolating around the country. When James Kauffman’s name popped up in that case, authorities went to his office with a search warrant on June 13. 

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James Kauffman, apparently fearful of being arrested, pulled a Ruger 9mm gun on authorities, which was caught on police cameras. He threatened to kill himself and, after a standoff, was handcuffed and jailed on weapons charges and for pulling a weapon on police and that's where the story begins.