they got the drop on him with machine guns and basically said, halt or die. and he stopped. he gave himself up. reporter: the end of the line. that was the first time he had ever had handcuffs on in his life. reporter: it was also the first time anyone on the island heard wild bill s real name my name is william dathan holbert. reporter: fun loving bocas del toro bartender wild bill cortez was in fact, william dathan holbert a 30-year-old who d been on the run from american authorities since 2006. as the islanders absorbed the headlines of a killer among them, they discovered that wild bill had a long and notorious past that stretched nearly 2,000 miles. from the white sand beaches of bocas del toro all the way to the blue ridge mountains of north carolina. that s where he grew up, going by his middle name dathan. he played high school football. married his sweetheart, had three kids, and worked as a landscaper. his old boss at a gym, kevin hoover, liked dathan un