Doctor Dealer
A doctor high on greed, a biker gang high on opioids, and the woman who paid the ultimate price
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Publisher Description
Dr. James Kauffman and his wife, April, were the perfect couple: a respected endocrinologist and a beautiful radio host. But under the surface lurked a world of drugs, sex, and biker gangs. A world Dr. Kauffman would kill to keep secret.
In May 2012, April Kauffman, a well-known local radio personality and staunch advocate of military veterans rights, was found shot to death in the bedroom of the home she shared with her husband, Dr. James Kauffman.
Six years later, in the fall of 2018, Freddy Augello, a leader of the notorious motorcycle gang the Pagans, went on trial for drug dealing and murder. He was charged with arranging the death of April Kauffman in exchange for $50,000 from her husband, who, in addition to practicing medicine, was one of the area’s most prolific drug traffickers.
Told by two accomplished reporters and authors with exclusive insights and details provided by two principal players, this is the story about one man's descent into evil and the people he took with him. It's a story about a doctor who helped flood the streets with opioids, about a husband who hid dark secrets from his wives, and about a man so consumed with greed and arrogance that he thought he could get away with murder.
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This riveting look at a cold-blooded murder from Anastasia (Gotti's Rules: The Story of John Alite, Junior Gotti, and the Demise of the American Mafia) and Cipriano (Target: The Senator, a Story About Power and Abuse of Power) tells the sad story of James Kauffman, a respected endocrinologist who sold opioids illegally on the side, and his wife, April, a popular radio host. The couple were on the edge of a bitter divorce when April was found shot to death in their home in Linwood, N.J., on May 10, 2012. April's grown daughter from her first marriage instantly suspected Kauffman, who later remarried and continued his opioid pill mill and association with members of a biker gang who were drug dealers and users. In 2018, Kauffman was arrested for fraud, and several of the bikers who were arrested on various charges turned state's evidence against him as having hired a hit man to kill his wife. Kauffman committed suicide in jail before he could be tried for April's murder, but the real tragedy is his second wife, who was unaware of the doctor's drug dealing or gang connections; her reputation and business were destroyed, and the feds tried to take her home. The authors dramatically show how sometimes one can never really know another person.
