Keith Werle News Today

>> they found each other o their own tropical island. >> we saw love and the waters. and thats it. that will be our spot for th rest of our life >> she said its like living i a postcard >> a picture perfect life. until she disappeared. >> imagine you were callin leaving messages >> calling, texting, and w started wondering. >> why would she just leave? >> i called her best friend an said, does she have a man that i dont know about >> is something going on >> where would she go? >> she ...

and thats it. that will be our spot for the rest of our life. >> she said its like living in a postcard. >> a picture perfect life. until she disappeared. >> imagine you were calling leaving messages. >> calling, texting, and we started wondering. >> why would she just leave? >> i called her best friend and said, does she have a man that i dont know about? >> is something going on? >> where would she go? >> she wasnt selling that place. she loved it. >> and why did someone new now on h...

Everybody was there. >> it was chers tropical drea come true. a beautiful backdrop for famil reunions light heard the tim her and mary came to visit >> her grandmother, my mother, and i came down and visited. we had a tour and they met u at the airport with a bi bouquet of flowers and it was just wonderful. >> there was another big tri in the works chers sister judy was plannin to visit for the very firs time >> she wanted to show you he paradise >> oh, yeah. >> the trip would be a goo disruptio...

And stay right there staying true to mommy. >> but the horror wasnt over. as police continue searching bills property, the discovered another mound o disturbed dirt, another shallo grave. there, buried beneath more rubble, they found the other missing american >> when they found the bodies, thats when they found and realized it was not just suspicions and accusations it was really happening. >> keith watched as authoritie raided bills home he says they found evidence of the ghastly crimes bos i....

Hill until police followed him there, they found somethin shocking a mound of disturbed dirt. that began to dig. chers husband keith waited at the bottom of the hill >> the police waited wit shovels and then they came dow about two hours later and said we need you to come up and tak a look >> in a shallow grave, hidde under amount of garbage, the police made a horrible discovery. the body of cher hughes, she had been shot once in the back of the head. >> and that was one of the hardest days of y...

, expat. >> kristen who moved fro norway was part of her close group of friends >> we treated each other lik family and take care of each other. >> everyone went by their firs names or nicknames keith and cher were known as ken and barbie the man who owned one of the local watering holes, anothe american, was known as "wild bill". viking hat and all bill and his wife jane opened bar on their secluded property accessible only by boat. where the sometimes gathered for brunch drinks. >> bill had th...

When you get she gets back, you can deal with. thats 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. heres one dog. and heres a table and two cheers. so, heres a tool box. there is a lot more missing here, bill. >> to keith, the whole story just didnt add up. >> she wouldve never sold the island. never happen. >> did you have any interest in that property? >> we put everything in chers name. >> so she had the right se...

And he told people he was going to shut me up. >> he told people. that >> he told three people that, he moved out of the house and into a hotel with security. >> keith wasnt the only one that was nervous. >> i became convinced that this guy cortez had killed these people in order to steal their property. thats when i said, im going to the authorities. >> he urged keith to do the same. >> you need to come to panama city, get to the prosecutor and turn up the heat. >> keith went to panama city, an...

Facebook. its like, cher where are you? people that were in panama havent seen you around town. where are you at? give me a call. and we started wondering. >> when chers husband keith realize she had left town, she was he was surprised. but he thought he might know. i had cher been talking about spending time in panama city, a place where she could blend into the scenery more easily and wrap her head around their breakup. >> she told me she won an apartment in panama city, to spend some time in ...

As police continue searching bills property, they discovered another mound of disturbed dirt, another shallow grave. there, buried beneath more rubble, they found the other missing american. >> when they found the bodies, thats when they found and realized it was not just suspicions and accusations. it was really happening. >> keith watched as authorities raided bills home. he says they found evidence of the ghastly crimes. bows i.d., shares passport, her purse and her cell phone, used to send t...