your lord commands you? yeah. he always talked to himself in the third party and a royal sense of some sort. you know, everyone took it as one of bill s quirks. another quirk? a pirate club bill created called the jolly roger social club. bill joked that only 90% of the members survive. by now, an uneasy feeling about wild bill was spreading and the rowdy party guy was suddenly lying low. every time i saw him, he was in a hurry. he was trying to get it done and get out of. there he didn t want to answer a lot of questions. he was nervous. and with good reason. they tapped into the coconut telegraph, the more he became convinced that wild bill was the key to finding beau and cher. this was the common denominator between the two of them that this guy had apparent supposedly bought their property for cash and then both people disappear. flares went off in my head. they re missing. you remember that moment?
up the hill follow me, guys and the dog led them up there reporter: this hill right here? right here. and went up into the back of the property. reporter: jack bounded up and down the hill, until police followed him. and there they found something shocking. a mound of disturbed dirt. they began to dig. cher s husband keith waited at the bottom of the hill. the police went up with shovels, and then they came down, about two hours later, and said, we need you to come up and take a look. reporter: in a shallow grave hidden under a mound of garbage, the police made a horrible discovery the body of cher hughes. she had been shot once in the back of the head. i imagine that was one of the hardest days of your life. yeah. it sure is. i mean, no no one should ever see someone they cared about look like that. reporter: now, keith finally understood why jack kept swimming to bill s place. he d swim that mile back and just stay right there. he was staying true to m
everything. meaning your rental properties, the house you built together, five buildings. yeah. this beautiful estate. exactly. bill said he bought cher s entire estate, even her beautiful island and that cher had simply taken off. my dogs were there. my tools were there. belongings were still on the island. where is cher? where is all that stuff? when she gets back, you can deal with that. that s between you and her. keith asked bill to bring his dogs and his stuff back. he placated he brought me one of my dogs. here s one dog. here is a table and two chairs. and here s a toolbox. i said that s a lot more missing here, bill. to keith, the whole story just didn t add up. she would have never sold the island. did you have an interest in any of that property? we put everything in cher s name. she had the right to sell? absolutely. but you don t think she would have done that? i don t think so. it was never about the stuff or money. it was our home. we se
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 pro, accessible only by boat where the people gathered for drinks. welcome. bill had these saturday parties at his place at the bar and restaurant once or twice a month. there is everybody there. it was cher s tropical dream come true. a beautiful backdrop for family reunions like the time her aunt mary came to visit. her grandmother, my mother, and i came down and visited and got the 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? oh, yeah. the trip would be a good distraction for cher. her life had recently turned up side down.
when you get she gets back, you can deal with. that s between you and her. keith asked bill to bring his dogs and his stuff back. he placate it and brought me one of my dogs. here s one dog. and here s a table and two cheers. so, here s a tool box. there is a lot more missing here, bill. to keith, the whole story just didn t add up. she would ve never sold the island. never happen. did you have any interest in that property? we put everything in cher s name. so she had the right senate? she had the right. everything but you don t think he would ve done? that i don t think. so it was our home. we set it up to live there forever. it all sounded wrong to aunt mary, as well. she wasn t selling that place. she loved it. she loved it. mary wanted answers. she picked up the phone and called wild bill. and he told me, yeah, i got a great deal on s property. i brought by everything at 50 cents on the dollar.