bora kion del sur, john and ann bender s unique refuge in the beguiling costa rican rainforest. the stuff of dreams. their dreams at first. i had never seen a place as beautiful as this. it s remote. with their one of a kind 80,000 square foot circular house. nicknamed the bender dome, which ann and john designed and built from scratch. we built it to take advantage of the incredible views. their goals? for themselves, a life of quiet isolation and purpose. a balm, to calm their inner demons. for the refuge? help native wildlife and flowers return and flourish, by keeping poachers and farmers off the thousands of acres.
and guns to make sure, i was still there. that was not necessary to do every day for two weeks. ann had plenty to be concerned about. the lead prosecutor, edgar ramirez says the evidence was pointing to murder. and ann s guilt. there was the single shot to the back of john s head, a spot, he says, makes ann s story impossible. the only wound mr. bender had had was located in the right occipital region, experience tells us when a person is going to commit suicide they will shoot themselves in a specific location, specifically here, here, and here. or directly to the heart. what about the position of john s body? the position of john bender s body when found shows he was in a fetal position, asleep, when shot.
devastated. he told me the day after, he said the house has betrayed me. paul myer has a tree farm next to the bender s property. i remember ann very well, beautiful woman, hair up in a pony tail, white tank top, tanned, okay, i m living next to lara croft, tomb raider. myers remembers his last get-together in 2009. six months before a bullet would end john s life. ann didn t look good. she looked pale, like she had lost weight. both of them seemed sad or depressed. the last six to eight weeks i was not eating or drinking or bathing or doing anything to take care of myself. john began talking suicide. ann says she had to repeatedly
they hoped to escape to this magic, but instead it would lead to a descend into madness. it was john and ann bender s unique refuge in the costa rican rain forest. their dream at first. i had never seen a place as beautiful as this. it is remote, with their one-of-a-kind 80,000 foot circular house. nicknamed the bender dome, which ann and john designed and built from scratch. we built it to take advantage of the incredible views. their goals? for themselves, a life of quiet isolation and purpose. a balm, to calm their inner demons. for the refuge?
deserv devastated. he told me the day after, he said the house has betrayed me. paul myer has a tree farm next to the bender s property. i remember ann very well, beautiful woman, hair up in a pony tail, white tank top, tanned, okay, i m living next to lara croft, tomb raider. myers remembers his last get-together in 2009. six months before a bullet would end john s life. ann didn t look good. she looked pale, like she had lost weight. both of them seemed sad or depressed. the last six to eight weeks i was not eating or drinking or bathing or doing anything to take care of myself. john began talking suicide. ann says she had to repeatedly take part in what she calls