while bill cortez ran the jolly roger social club with americans living on a group of panamanian islands like together. but he was interested in getting some of the local real estate. just how far did bill go to get his hands on these properties? local police were about to find out. continuing with stealing paradise, here is kate snow. >> in the tiny ex that community of bocas del toro, all eyes were on one of their own. wild bill cortez. in four months time he had snapped up the homes of two people who had mysteriously vanished. cher hughes was one of them. now she was telling anyone who would listen that the disappearances and property transfers were no coincidence. >> i thought that bill had done something to these people. i was telling people in bocas, the suspicions were all saying the same thing. >> and bill is still living nearby. >> bill is still near, yeah.