their friends fan of the backyard of a man they once trusted, wild bill cortez. it was my home, i invited him to dinner, we did the social neighbor thing. and he shot my wife. it s just inconceivable. authorities launched a search for bill and his wife, who they also suspected was involved. but it was too late, they had already fled. this is now a major manhunt? right, i knew he was already out of the country already, on the fly. the most important thing at that point was to get his picture out there. every television screen, on every newspaper cover, on every computer monitor. it s got to get out there in a big way. by then, wild bill and his wife jane were in costa rica. someone recognize them bayern contacted the police, as the church search intensified. they made a desperate attempt to cross into one nicaragua by boat but were stopped by soldiers at a checkpoint.
wild bill and jane cortez, where arrested for not only stealing the island properties of two americans, but also allegedly murdering them in cold blood. now bill was talking to the police. but they couldn t have been prepared for his stunning confession. here is kate snow with the conclusion of stealing paradise. the search for shares hughes and bow, ended tragically, both were found dead, shot in the head, and buried in shallow braves. after being caught at the nicaraguan border, while vail and his wife are merged in shackles, charged with the murders. bill s wife was subdued. and she denied any involvement. bill, however, appeared surprisingly cheerful, saying he was happy to be back in panama. those first days, when bill was brought back to panama, what was he like? he was making jokes and he was laughing.
names or nicknames. keith and cher were known as ken and barbie. the man who owned one of the local watering holes, another american, was known as wild bill . viking hat and all. bill and his wife jane opened a bar on their secluded property. accessible only by boat. where the sometimes gathered for brunch drinks. bill had the saturday parties at his place once or twice a month. everybody was there. it was cher s tropical dream come true. a beautiful backdrop for family reunions light heard the time her and mary came to visit. her grandmother, my mother, and i came down and visited. we had a tour and they met us at the airport with a big bouquet of flowers. and it was just wonderful. there was another big trip in the works. cher s sister judy was planning to visit for the very first. time she wanted to show you her paradise?
it would take seven long years for the wheels of justice to turn in panama. during that time, whole births wife divorced him while they both sat in separate panamanian jails. but cher s family finally got the news they had waited for. in august 2017, william dathan holbert, the man the people knew of bocas del toro new as wild bill cortez, we found guilty of the robbery and homicide of five people, according to a tweet from the panama ministry of justice. he was sentenced to 47 years in prison. and a woman once known as jane cortez, she was sentenced to 26 years for her role in the crimes. for cher s sister judy, there are only good memories and appreciation for the big sister who followed her adventurous spirit all the way to paradise. you re not bitter that she never went to panama, to bocas del toro.
property. so shortly after bo goes missing, bill cortez and his wife are now the president and secretary of the company and they own. it was bill in a hurry to get bo s remodelled and fit flip to a new owner. he even places added a local pale paper and try to sell. in fact, while bill seem to be on a real estate buying and selling spree. he got his first property in 2007 from a reclusive family living on an estate close to cher s islands, the browns. a father, mother and teenage son. and now he had acquired bo s house as well. but it was bills next purchase that grabbed everyone s attention. bill showed up and said, yeah, i bought everything. everything? everything. meaning your rental properties. the house that you built together. the five buildings. this beautiful a state. exactly. bill said he bought cher s entire estate. even her beautiful island. and that cher had simply taken off. the dogs were there. my clothes were. their belongings were still on the island. so