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Her, bo had abruptly stopped paying his bills, something totally unlike him. >> i just woke up one morning. it's a weird thing. i just knew. i couldn't ignore it anymore. i just couldn't. somebody had to do something. >> reporter: kristen went to the police. did they immediately investigate? >> no. they just put it in a file. and they go just yeah, yeah, yeah. people get lost in panama all the time. >> reporter: kristen reached out to someone she thought could help, another ex-pat, don winner, a man that runs a website for foreigners living in panama. >> i was contacted by one of her friends t...

I took him there. and without him knowing what happened, i shot him from behind and killed him. >> holbert also admits to another victim, number six. a american ex-pat jeffrey kline. hole bert claims he died when the two got on a fight on a boat. too afraid to go to authorities, holbert came up with his own solution to get rid of the body. >> i took it home and buried it. and then i built a picnic area over it. it's horrible and stupid. but i never had been in that situation before. i didn't know what to do. >> in the interview, holbert confesses to it all, then offers up a convoluted explanat...

I couldn't ignore it anymore. i just couldn't. somebody had to do something. >> she went to the police. did she immediately investigate some. >> no. they just put it in a file. and they go just yeah, yeah, yeah. people get lost in panama all the time. >> she reached out to someone she thought could help, another ex-pat, don winner, a man that runs a website for foreigners living in panama. >> i was contacted by one of her friends that was concerned that she was missing. and they asked for my help. >> don has lived in panama for 23 years and is our consultant on this story. he came here with u....

It is really weird. towels on the back of the chair. his cane is next to the front door. there is dirty dishes in the sink. it's just weird. beau would just walk away. >> two americans missing. rumors began to swirl. could their disappearances be linked? >> the more you think about something like that, you know, it didn't add up. >> did it eat at you? >> yes, i kept thinking about it. because it wasn't right that cher would leave. i knew this girl would not leave town without saying good-bye and without a party. and beau could leave, but the two of them going together, i'm just like sending th...

Faster. but because of the preservation of the remains, that will just sort of guide the methods that we can bring to bear on the case. the case is dna intensive in the way we go about this. >> what does that number represent? >> the number of boxes. >> individuals? >> no. the number of boxes that the remains came in. at no time did we expect there to be one body, one box. nor did the north koreans try to pitch it that way to us. >> thank you, director. what type of certainty do you have that the remains that the north koreans have handed over are those of missing americans or other nationalit...