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.
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?
i said i would like to see that receipt. well i signed a confidentiality statement. i said oh, i ll take a look at that. where did he tell you she got? you know, i heard she got an apartment in panama city. i said, so where is her stuff and everything. he goes, oh yeah she got there and had me send her some jewelry and money air cargo. so i like to see the receipt on that. he says, this girl is not going to have you looking through her drawers finding her. julie and another curious thing was happening over at bill s place. no one could figure out why cher s devoted dog jack, kept swimming two bills house over and over again. they kept putting them back at your old home and he would swim right back. stay right there. but for bill, it was business as usual. even through one of his famous parties at cher s place with all her things still. there it all seemed a little odd to her friend, sean trainer,
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
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