More On The Serial Killer In Panama
The accused serial killer, Wild Bill Cortez, according to the latest reports has now confessed to the murder of seven people. However, the more information that comes out about this character, the more bizarre the story becomes. For instance, according to the Miami Herald coverage, Panama police now say "they believe they may find up to 10 bodies." And, as his history continues to surface it reads like a twisted horror novel.
William Dathan Holbert (now known as Wild Bill Cortez) was born on 12 September 1979 in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He was the only child and was "raised by a very good Christian family" in the area of Saluda, North Carolina. He was part of the first graduating class of the North Henderson High School (1997) that spent all four years at this (then) new school. One of his classmates said that during his senior year he was on the football team, and that during a pep rally all of the seniors on the team were given flowers. Holbert ate his in front of everyone.
This saga really starts supposedly in 2004 when William Holbert opened a gym in Ashville, North Carolina together with a partner called "The Body Shop Health and Fitness Center." He became a power lifter and body builder at that time, and that's when he started injecting steroids. As a result he suffered from a drastic personality change - he became very violent and aggressive. He met his current girlfriend and partner in crime, Laura Michelle Reese, at the gym where she worked for him. This is when he started getting into the whole white supremacist thing. He is a huge fan of Adolf Hitler, and he has read "Mein Kampf" dozens of times. He had his body tattooed with racist and white supremacist symbology.
However, the gym was the first big scam. As it turns out, Kevin and Marie Hoover were the actual owners the gym, which was just one in their chain of gyms. They hired Holbert to run their gym in Ashville. However, he actually only worked there for about ten weeks when the owners discovered he had stolen about $25,000 dollars from them. They later discovered that he had tried to sell the gym as if he were the owner. They also discovered that he was a racist, and that he was obsessed with the HBO television series "The Sopranos" and likened himself after the lead character, Tony Soprano.
Back in 2005 WLOS (ABC News) in Western North Carolina, attended a meeting of white supremacists led by Holbert in Forest City, North Carolina. WLOS produced a video at the time, shown in their business and views section, which highlighted Holbert in action as a rabid white supremacist. For what it's worth, take a new look at the sign on Wild Bill's bar in Bocas del Toro (shown here). Do the skull and crossbones on the flag look familiar?
This was all followed by the caper with the bogus sale of the Oak Island property in the Wilmington, NC area (detailed below on previous posting).
And A Dog Is The Only Hero In This Story
The discovery of the remains of Cher Hughes is a story in and of itself. One of the things that made some suspicious about the disappearance of Cher Hughes, was "Jackie" an adult male Doberman Pinscher that simply adored her. Well Cher's house is located exactly 1.53 miles to the Southwest of Holbert's property. After Cher went missing Jackie refused to leave Holbert's property. On several occasions Jackie was put in a boat and taken back to Cher's island, however sooner or later he would jump into the ocean and swim the 1.53 miles, back to the Holbert property. He just would not leave.
Jackie knew something. Turns out he wanted stay with Cher. On Tuesday, 20 July 2010, when police and judicial investigators finally showed up at the Holbert property to execute a search warrant, Jackie would run down to them, bark and whine, and then run back into the woods behind the house. About 340 meters behind Holbert's house to the Northwest there was a pit used to bury trash and rubbish. Just like something out of a Hollywood movie script Jackie would run down, bark and whine, make sure the investigators were following him, and then run back up into the jungle. Eventually the investigators followed Jackie to an area where there was a garbage pit. Jake laid down right next to a mound of dirt that was there, crying and whining, still refusing to leave Cher's side. Investigators immediately started digging at that exact spot and they quickly discovered Cher's remains buried in the pit, wrapped in a blue plastic tarp. If it wasn't for Jackie, who knows how long it would have taken them to find the remains of Cher Hughes. In addition, the human remains strongly suspected to be those of Bo Icelar were also discovered close by.
Till Next Time. I Will Keep You Posted
Next time I will also explain some things about Panamanian law that may assist people who have not been here understand this better. The obvious question is, "How could anyone think they could get away with something like this?" I will try to shed some light on that - other than you would have to be nuts!
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