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The Strange Case of Kurt Sonnenfeld

A man wanted in the murder of his wife makes an outrageous claim: the U.S. wants to silence him for what he saw at Ground Zero
The Strange Case of Kurt Sonnenfeld 41:57

Produced by Anthony Venditti, Clare Friedland and Alicia Tejada

[This story originally aired on Nov. 21, 2015]

For more than a decade, authorities in Denver, Colorado, have been fighting to bring back a man living in Argentina to face trial in the murder of his wife.

Kurt Sonnenfeld was a cameraman who worked for FEMA and videotaped Ground Zero. He's been fighting extradition with an outrageous claim: that the United States really wants him back for what he saw after 9/11.

"48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty went to Buenos Aires to investigate this unusual cat-and-mouse tale.

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