good times, sunshine, a relaxe lifestyle, a place where peopl didn t ask a lot of question about their neighbors unti some of those neighbors starte to disappear here is kate snow with stealing paradise . it is a dream that seemed s out of reach quit the rat race, move to a exotic glenn, and by your very own private island even when she was young, sh wanted to travel she wanted to see the world. had cher hughes the dream and she made it come true in the most unlikely place. a tiny, far away island of bocas del toro, panama she would just take a picture of the sunset and send it to me she said, it s like living in postcard life was beautiful an simple an escape from the pressures o modern living. who could have known that evil could find a place in paradise
she loved it. why did someone new own her slice of paradise. this guy fooled us ul all. he fooled everybody. he got away with murder? egot away with murder. hello, welcome to night line. good times, sunshine, a lifestyle arc place where people didn t ask a lot of questions about their neighbors until some of those neighbors started to disappear. here s kate snow with stealing paradise. it s a dream that seemed out of reach. quit the ras race, move to an exotic land, buy your own private island. when she was young, she wanted to travel.
vanished. a check of their passports confirmed neither had left the country. their disappearances seemed oddly similar. it seems there was something else they shared, raising each more concern. here is kate snow with stealing paradise. two americans vanished and their disappearances were thought to be linked and something terrible happened to both of them. they both disappeared. and neither of them contacted anybody. and the same story, both of them had personal belongings that were going to be sent to them. one-and-one is two. american bo icelar was the first to leave last fall. at the time, no one thought it was unusual, especially when they learned he sold his house to someone else in the community, wild bill. bill had this persona of i ve got buckets of cash, i can pay for it outright. the blogger don winner did
canada as wild bill and jane cortez were raefrtsed for not only arrested for stealing the island of two americans but murdered them in cold blood and bill is 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 cher hughes and bo isler, ended tragically, both were found dead shot in the back of the head and buried in shallow graves. after being caught at the nicaragua border, wild bill and his wife emerged from the jungle in shackles. charged with the murders. bill s wife was subdued. no comment. and denied any comment. bill however appeared surprisingly cheerful. saying he was happy to be back in panama. the first days, when bill was brought back to panama, what was he like? he was making jokes and laughing and he was really, he
wild bill cortez ran the jolly rogers social club where a group on a panamanian island liked to gather. he seemed interested in gathering local real estate. how far did bill go to get these local properties? local police were about to find out. continuing with stealing paradise, here is kate snow. reporter: in the tiny ex-pat community of bocas del toro, all eyes were on one of their own wild bill cortez. in four month s time, he d snapped up the homes of two people who d mysteriously vanished bo icelar and cher hughes. now cher s husband keith was telling anyone who d listen that the disappearances and property transfers were no coincidence. i right away thought that bill has done something. to these people. i was telling people in bocas, obviously, of the suspicions. and, in a small community, we re all saying the same thing. reporter: and bill s still living nearby. and bill s still in the area. and he told people he was going to come and shut me up.