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James Kauffman, a well-known New Jersey doctor facing criminal charges for allegedly hiring someone to murder his wife after she threatened to expose a drug distribution ring he allegedly ran with the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, killed himself on Friday morning while still in custody, PEOPLE confirms. 
  
 Kauffman was found dead in his cell at approximately 9:20 a.m. Friday, a spokesman for Hudson County’s Department of Corrections tells PEOPLE. He was being held at the Hudson County Jail in Kearney, New Jersey. 
  
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 No other details about the doctor’s suicide were immediately available. 
  
 His death comes just weeks after formal charges were filed against him and seven months after investigators attempting to execute a search warrant at his medical offices were met by an armed Kauffman, sparking an hours-long standoff. 
  
 Recently released police body cam footage reveals Kauffman threatened to kill himself during that altercation, as officers were closing in. 
  
 Kauffman, a 68-year-old endocrinologist, was facing a litany of charges, including murder, racketeering and leading a narcotics network. 
  
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 Seven other people were indicted along with Kauffman, including Ferdinand Augello, 61, who was also charged with murder in the death of Kauffman’s 47-year-old wife, April Kauffman. 
  
 April hosted a popular program on WIBG, a radio station broadcasting out of Ocean City, New Jersey. 
  
 According to prosecutors, her slaying was planned over the previous year, with Augello allegedly paying Francis “Frank” Mullholland $20,000 to carry out the hit. Prosecutors claim Mullholland, who died four years ago, was given a gun the morning of May 10, 2012. 
  
 A door was allegedly left unlocked at the Kauffmans’ Linwood, New Jersey, home so that Mullholland could enter undetected. He then allegedly shot April twice, killing her. She was found dead by a handyman. 
  
 From left: James and April Kauffman AP/REX/Shutterstock; Facebook 
  
 James told police he had nothing to do with his wife’s death, but prosecutors suspected he wanted her killed because she was planning to divorce him and expose his alleged connection to a drug ring. 
  
 “It was determined that a long term alliance between members of the Pagan Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and former doctor, James Kauffman, was created for mutual financial gain through the use of Kauffman’s medical practice for illegal drug distribution which culminated on May 10, 2012 with the ‘murder for hire’ of April Kauffman,” prosecutors have alleged. 
  
 The claimed, “James Kauffman stated he would sooner kill April than grant the divorce and lose ‘half his empire.’” 
  
 In a previous statement, prosecutors said James objected to “a favorable divorce settlement,” and that April had threatened “to spend as much money as she could until a divorce was granted.” According to the statement, April said she would allegedly “expose the fraudulent and unlawful practices taking place” at her husband’s medical office. 
  
 “Ultimately, James Kauffman made the decision to kill April Kauffman and, based on information and belief, Kauffman told Augello that April threatened to expose the illegal OXY distribution network they had established,” the statement alleged. 
  
 Prosecutors alleged James would “give free scripts” to people posing as patients, who were allegedly sent to him by Augello. 
  
 “In turn, those individuals then recruited additional people to receive the OXY scripts,” read the statement. “Ferdinand Augello would receive either a cash payment of $1,000 per script or a predetermined number of pills once the script was filled. If an individual did not have insurance, they were required to pay $100 per visit. Those that would receive the scripts would either resell them or use them.” 
  
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 Augello allegedly spent a year trying to convince a number of people to murder April. “These individuals were all Pagans, former Pagans or associated with the Pagans,” prosecutors claimed. 
  
 The day of the killing, Ferdinand Augello’s ex-wife, Beverly Augello, was allegedly sent to James’ office to pick up the cash and some additional prescriptions. 
  
 In addition to murder, Ferdinand was additionally charged with allegedly trying to kill James Kauffman, the statement says.Ferdinand was charged with racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit murder and leading a narcotics network. He does not have an attorney who could comment on his behalf and has yet to plead to the charges. 
  
 Beverly was charged with racketeering, prosecutors said. So were Joseph Mulholland, 52; Glenn Seeler, 37; Paul Pagano, 61; Tabitha Chapman, 35; and 36-year-old Cheryl Pizza. 
  
 It was unclear Friday if any of the defendants had appeared before a judge to enter pleas to their charges, and public records do not indicate if they have hired attorneys. ||||| The Atlantic County doctor charged earlier this month with paying a hitman to kill his wife nearly six years ago, has committed suicide in the Hudson County jail. 
  
 James Kauffman, who authorities previously said was moved to the facility in Kearny for his own safety, was found dead in his cell by staff around 9:20 a.m., jail spokesman James Kennelly confirmed. Kennelly would not elaborate on how Kauffman took his life or provide other details. 
  
 Kauffman is the fifth inmate to die at the jail in the past eight months. Two died last week. 
  
 His cellmate was apparently in court this morning and Kauffman was alone. 
  
 Sources said Kauffman suffocated himself and that a six-page suicide note was discovered. Kauffman didn't hang himself, but had tied something around his neck and laid facedown on his bunk. As a result, it appeared he was still sleeping and staff doing rounds didn't notice anything wrong until he didn't respond. 
  
 The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office would only confirm that they were notified by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office that Kauffman died in an apparent suicide. They added he was moved to that jail "as a result of credible threats to his life." 
  
 April Kauffman was found shot and killed in her Linwood home in 2012, but it took nearly six years for her husband, an endocrinologist, to be charged with murder. 
  
 James Kauffman's attorney, Ed Jacobs, said he learned of his client's death from the Hudson County jail warden. 
  
 "My condolences go out to his widow and we are sorry to have lost a client ... a person with whom we have become friendly," Jacobs said. Kauffman remarried after his wife's murder. 
  
 Jacobs speculated that the stress of the ongoing investigation and months spent in jail may have led Kauffman's death. 
  
 "The events of the last 5 1/2 years have taken a toll and may have been a contributing factor to Jim's passing." 
  
 Kauffman appeared frail and walked slowly during his detention hearing last week. He offered one-word answers to the judge during the proceeding. 
  
 Attorney Patrick D'Arcy, who is representing April Kauffman's daughter, Kim Pack, in a lawsuit against the doctor, said his client was very emotional upon learning Friday's news. 
  
 "It's really a sad day," D'Arcy said. "It's been a long road and her emotions are pretty raw right now. Certainly, she was relieved when he was charged, but she's a mess right now." 
  
 Kauffman was charged with orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot against April Kauffman, a South Jersey radio host, businesswoman and veterans advocate. He allegedly sought a hitman to kill her after she threatened to report a prescription drug ring he was running out of his office. 
  
 Atlantic County prosecutors said Kauffman conspired with members of the Pagan Outlaw Motorcycle Gang to use his medical practice to illegally distribute drugs. 
  
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 The man who agreed to kill the woman, Francis Mulholland, was driven to the Kauffman home, where the doors were left open, authorities said. Mulholland shot her twice, prosecutors said. Mulholland died of a drug overdose in 2013, officials said. 
  
 In addition to murder, Kauffman was also charged with racketeering in connection with the drug scheme. 
  
 He was next due in court on Feb. 21. 
  
 Kauffman had been moved to the Hudson County jail for his own safety, authorities said, after they uncovered a plot to kill him. 
  
 Prosecutors additionally charged Ferdinand Augello, 62, of Petersburg, with conspiracy to kill Kauffman, alleging that he feared the doctor would confess to the pair's actions. Augello is also charged with murder in connection with April Kauffman's death. He allegedly recruited Mulholland. 
  
 Six other people are charged with racketeering in connection with the drug ring. 
  
 Kauffman has been in jail since June 2017, when he held investigators at bay with a handgun when they attempted to execute a search warrant at his office. He surrendered after a 45-minute standoff. |||||

A New Jersey doctor accused of arranging his wife's murder has committed suicide in prison, reports People. James Kauffman, a 68-year-old endocrinologist, allegedly helped set up the 2012 murder of his 47-year-old wife, April Kauffman, inside their home. The motive? Prosecutors say their marriage had gone south, and April Kauffman was threatening to expose the prescription drug ring her husband was operating with a local motorcycle gang out of his Atlantic City office. April Kauffman had been a popular local radio personality. Authorities at the Hudson County jail have not provided details on Kauffman's death, except to say that he was found in his cell Friday morning by jail staff. NJ.com reports that Kauffman tied something around his neck to asphyxiate himself and laid down on his bunk so that it appeared as if he were sleeping. Kauffman, who had recently been moved to the jail because of threats against his life, also left a lengthy suicide note, the site reports. The gunman who allegedly killed April Kauffman died of a drug overdose in 2013. A member of the motorcycle gang still faces murder charges in her death.