Rest of our lives. A 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 . Where would she go . Why did someone she know own her slice of paradise . He got away with murder . He got away with murder. Hello and Hello And Welcome to dateline. It was a tropical hideaway where a group of adventurous americans thought they found paradise. Good times, sunshine, and a relaxed lifestyle. A place where people didnt ask a lot of questions about their neighbors. Until some of those neighbors started to disappear. Here is Kate Snow with Stealing Paradise. Its a dream that seems so out of reach. Quit the rat race, move to an exotic lapped, and buy your very own private island. Even when she was young, she wanted to travel. She wanted to see the world. She made it come true in the most unlikely place. The tiny faraway islands of panama. She would just take a picture of the sunset, send it to me. Shes like its like living in the postcard. Life was beautiful and simple and an escape from the pressures of modern living. Who could have known that evil could find a place in paradise too. Beneath all the beauty was a dark secret. It still seems very unreal. I dont want to believe it. This is a really, really bad guy. It sends chills down my spine. But before the nightmare came the dream. Boca Del Toro is the kind of place that people come to escape. Where things move more slowly and life is suppose to be easy. Cher first visited the island with her boyfriend. It was affordable for the same money she had been saving up, that tiny round island. We saw the lump in the water and thats it. Cher and keith met seven years before that. I was hooked. She was just so beautiful. Cher grew up in st. Louis. She was always happy and had a smile for everybody. Event chewly she moved to st. Petersburg, florida, where she became a savvy businesswoman, running her own Neon Sign company. She made sure she was setting herself up for what she wanted to do was retire. Then a friend asked her to vote and cheryl jumped at the chance. It just hit it that hard and the people here, it was phenomenal. And cheryl loves children In Panama with a lot of kids. A connection of shiny wooden buildings on their lush green island. She planted tropical gardens and adopted lots of animals including a pet monkey. He adored cheryl and followed her wherever she went. Cher loved the local school nights, popcorn, celebrating the holiday with enthusiasm even though her friend, shawn trainer, said the kids didnt get the significance. She would do the Easter Egg hunts for all the kids. They had no idea what this crazy white woman was doing. Coloring eggs. They never participated in anything like that before. Keith and Chers Relationship blossomed on the island. In 2005 they married in front of their many friends in the close community. It is a small place. They would go to the Grocery Store and meet 20 people that you know. Christa roberts became a part of her group of friends. We kind of stuck together and treated Each Other like family and take care of Each Other. Even went by their first 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, the viking hat and all. Bill and his wife, jane, opened a bar on their secluded property accessible only by boats where they would gather for drinks. Bill had these Saturday Parties at his place at the Bar Or Restaurant once or twice a month that draws everybody there. It was chers tropical dream come true. A beautiful backdrop for Family Reunions like the time her aunt, mary, came to visit. Her grandmother, my mother came down and visited and got the tour and they met us at the airport. It was just wonderful. There was another big trip in the works. Chers 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 turnedup side down. Her five Year Marriage to keith had hit a rough spot. He had even moved out. When keith had moved off the island, she was pretty devastated. But then again i also thought whose marriage is perfect and hopefully theyll work it out. I knew they still loved Each Other. The sisters were excited about the trip. Plans were in full swing. And then what happened . And then i dont hear from her. One day past, then another, and still nothing. Too much time has gone by. Now i know something has happened. Judy was worried and cher was gone. Coming up. Where is cher . I dont know, were mad at her too. But maybe her mysterious disappearance could be solved. A Text Message from cher to keith with some bad news. She just said i met Somebody Else who is better than you. And she was running away with that person . So maybe she got on a boat with some new friend you didnt know about and shed be back in a week . Yeah. It wouldnt have surprised me that i went sailing and then my phone fell off the deck. That would be cher. But who was this new Mystery Man and where was cher . When dateline continues. To prevent lower Respiratory Disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. Rsv can be serious for those over 60, including those with asthma, diabetes, copd and certain other conditions. But im protected. Arexvy is proven to be over 82 effective in preventing lower Respiratory Disease from rsv and over 94 effective in those with these health conditions. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. Those with weakened Immune Systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. 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Yeah, you keep bumping into the same people and they tell the same story. She was ready for a break from boca. It is not unusual for people to come and go around here. After all the easy going lifestyle is a part of the islands charm. But her friends and family said it wouldnt be like her to leave so abruptly, leave her cherished island with all her belongings still here. Chers aunt, mary, started phoning her friends In Panama. We immediately started calling her friends and saying whats going on . And everyone was saying, you know cher, she might have gone for a week and she lost her phone. And we are like well, okay, maybe. Mary logged on to her Facebook Page and reached out to those friends. Where is cher . They said we dont know, were mad at her too. She calls me every day. Where did she go . Why wouldnt she call me . Were aggravated with her. Like cher, what are you doing . And then some good news. Chers friends received a Text Message from her saying she had gone sailing. She is a euphroe spirit, right . Shes adventurous. She had an opportunity. She would go, you know. So maybe she just got on a boat with some new friend that you didnt know about and shed be back in a week . Right, yeah. It wouldnt have surprised me oh mary, i went sailing and my phone dropped off the deck. That would be cher for three to four days. The messages were reassuring, but not for long. A few days passed and cher didnt return. Then another Text Message, this one from cher to keith. And she just said i met Somebody Else who is better than you. She said she met Somebody Else . She was running away with that person . A Mystery Man . Keith wanted to get to the bottom of it. I called her Best Friend and said did cher meet somebody . Does she have a man . She never mentioned a guy to me ever. Shes waiting for you. There is no man. She didnt run away. But keith noticed something strange about the messages. They werent written in her usual style. And instead of small letters, its all capitals. And the number would be there rather than to. So it just changed. And then the Text Messages, simply stopped. Chers Aunt Mary called the u. S. Embassy In Panama and begged for help. The embassy said people disappear all the time. If she wants to be found, she will contact you. I had a hard time shouting into The Darkness of the embassy saying help me, help me. Things got worse. Cher didnt call her father on his birthday. It was a huge alarm bell. I knew how she felt about her dad. She would never ever miss his birthday. So something happened to cher. My heart knew then. After two months, it was staring everyones in the face. The unanswered phone calls, the missed birthday. All the clues pointing to a horrible conclusion. And did you start to panic . Yeah. I knew something was wrong. The whole family started to panic. The terrible It Realization sank in. Cher hadnt gone off sailing or run away with a mystery pan. She wasnt hiding out in an apartment in Panama City. Something had happened to her. Friends in boca wrapped their brains for answers and they started thinking about another american from their group who also left abruptly. Had anyone heard from him . What if Cher Wasnt the only person missing . What if there were two . I just woke up one morning. One of those weird things and i just knew. Coming up, another american who apparently just walked away leaving his home and a lot of questions behind. And some shoes by the door, his cane is next to the front door. Just gave me a weird vibe. I knew off the bat this was like whoa, hey, whats going on here . I couldnt ignore it anybody. Somebody had to do something. When dateline continues. yeah i feel free to bare my skin yeah thats all me nothing is everything with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. And most people were clearer even at 5 years. Skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. 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He was so quiet that no one noticed when he took off. And get in the boat and go, so they dont necessarily E Mail Everybody and tell them theyre leaving. Its easy not to be missed for a while. Bo had sold his home to Wild Bill, another american in their group, famous for throwing lively parties many of them attended including chers friend, kristin. I few he wanted to sell and move somewhere different. I assumed they came to a lower Price And Bo had just left. But still as keith thought back to the Days Bo moved out, an image kept returning to his house right after he had left. I walked in and looked around and it looked as if bo had gone to the store, not moved out. I went back and told my friends, i cant believe, the house is weird. Theres towels on the back of the door and his cane is to the front door. Dishes in the sink. Its weird that bo would just walk away. Two americans missing. Rumors began to swirl. Could their disappearances be linked . Center the more you think about something like that, you know, it didnt add up. Did it eat at you . Yes, i kept thinking about it. It wasnt right that cher would leave without departing. She would not leave town without throwing a huge party. And bo could leave. But the two of them going together and sending their belongings after the fact didnt sound right. And then kristin heard something that made the Floor Drop from under her. Bo had abruptly stop paying his bills, something totally unlike him. I just woke up one morning like one of those weird things and i just knew. I couldnt ignore it anymore. I just couldnt. Somebody had to do something. Kristin went to the police. Did they immediately investigate . No, they put it on the file and they would say yeah, yeah, yeah, people get lost In Panama all the time. Kristin reached out to someone she thought could help. Don winters who