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The Binghamton police officer who was killed in the line of duty a half-century ago initially wanted to become a cop in New York City but his family convinced him that would be too dangerous.
The Binghamton police officer who was killed in the line of duty a half-century ago initially wanted to become a cop in New York City but his family convinced him that would be too dangerous.
Half years. wild bill and his wife. >> reporter: cher hughes and her husband keith worley lived together on their piece of paradise. keith and cher's marriage eventually went south and they separated. even afterwards they remained in regular contact, texting several times a day until late march. >> the last three or four texts i got were just a little strange. they weren't quite what cher would say. she indicated in the text that she had met someone and she was leaving. >> reporter: keith says he now knows those messages that didn't sound like cher, weren't. it was wild bill, he says, imperson...
He is now in jail, and vicki mabrey got to talk to the man accused of killing five other americans. >> i'm vicki mabrey from "nightline," new york. did you kill those five people? >> i'm not at liberty to talk about my case. >> reporter: this is the man panamanian police say has confessed to five murders. killing his neighbors and friends to get their property and their cash. >> everybody knew he was crazy but nobody thought he was a killer. >> reporter: sandy hodge moved to bocas del toro five years ago to get away from the states and live in peace by the sea. this island chain off the coast ...
plus, red alert. the dow plunges as fears spread that the worst may not be over. so, what does it mean for your prospects? >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 11th, 2010. >> good evening. >> i'm sit ya mcfadden. we begin tonight with crime. a story that started with an escape from justice in north carolina, and ended with murder on the tropical islands off the coast of central america. tonight, an american man and woman sit in a panamanian jail, accused of killing at least ...