Husband Arrested For Murder Of Radio Host Wife

Story by Radio Ink

This story sounds like it was ripped from the pages of a James Patterson novel. Sixty-eight-year-old James Kauffman has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife, New Jersey radio host April Kauffman (pictured here). ABC-TV in Philadelphia is reporting that Kauffman paid a hitman to murder his wife to protect an alleged drug ring he ran with the Pagans outlaw motorcycle gang.

During a Tuesday news conference, prosecutor Damon Tyner said it all began over seven years ago when April Kauffman threatened divorce. According to ABC-6, investigators say she threatened to spend as much money as she could until a divorce was granted, and threatened to expose the drug operation. So, James Kauffman and his 61-year-old friend, and Pagan member Ferdinand Augello, began looking for a hitman at that time. The name of the hitman was Francis Mulholland, according to investigators.

According to prosecuters, James Kauffman said he would sooner kill April than grant the divorce and lose half his empire. Investigators say Francis Mulholland entered the Kauffman’s home and shot April Kauffman twice, killing her, back in 2012. The price for the hit, according to prosecuters, was $20,000 cash. Francis Mulholland has since passed away. Investigators say Kauffman continued to run his drug operation even after his wife was killed.

In June of 2017 James Kauffman was arrested on weapons possession.

April Kauffman worked for WOND, which is a News-Talk station in Linwood, New Jersey, owned by Longport Media.