{"id":85637,"date":"2019-03-20T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85637"},"modified":"2019-03-17T18:43:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T22:43:21","slug":"blast-from-the-past-james-kauffmans-fake-military-service-deadly-for-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85637","title":{"rendered":"Blast From the Past – James Kauffman’s fake military service deadly for his wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a while since we had a Blast From the Past post. Today’s “winner” is James Kauffman. He made claims about being a Vietnam Veteran. However, his wife, April, discovered that not only was he not a Vietnam Veteran, he didn’t serve in the military.<\/p>\n

This devastated her, as his claims factored in to her decision to embark on a relationship with him… And eventually getting married to him. According to those that knew her, she was looking at getting out of the marriage. He ended up murdering her. He committed suicide while in jail.<\/p>\n

Here’s what Jonn wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/center>The Press of Atlantic City<\/a> tells the story of Dr. James Kaufman who pretended to be a Vietnam War Special Forces veteran. He was so dependent on people believing his tales that he eventually murdered his wife, April, a veterans’ advocate.<\/p>\n

April Kauffman, 47, was found by a caretaker shot twice on May 10, 2012, in the bedroom of her Linwood home. Five years later, Kauffman was arrested on weapons and obstruction charges resulting from a 45-minute armed standoff with police as they attempted to execute the search warrant.<\/p>\n

In January, after he was charged in April\u2019s murder, James Kauffman, 69, died inside the Hudson County jail, where he apparently hanged himself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was our partners at Guardians of the Green Beret<\/a> who exposed Kaufman’s lies. They discovered that he had never served in any branch of the military;<\/p>\n

After her murder, friends of April Kauffman told investigators it was James Kauffman\u2019s alleged military service that attracted April to him in the first place, according to the warrant.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, within a year of her murder, April became aware that Dr. Kauffman had never served in Armed Forces and was not a veteran in any capacity,\u201d the warrant states. \u201cIt is known that April was devastated by this revelation and it is believed that she threatened to use this information to procure a beneficial divorce from him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kauffman wore a green beret and fatigue uniforms to his wife’s veteran events according to witnesses;<\/p>\n

Atlantic County Director of Veterans Services Bob Frolow…who first met April Kauffman about seven years ago at a breakfast at the former Northfield Diner before joining her on several veterans projects, said although James Kauffman never told him explicitly he was a veteran, he did things like wearing a green beret or fatigues to insinuate that he was.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle things where you would assume he was a veteran,\u201d Frolow said. \u201cHe would make little innuendos that he was in the service.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wouldn’t recommend murder to cover up stolen valor fraud, and I guess Dr Kauffman wouldn’t at this point, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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