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>> reporter: it's a dream that seemed so out of reach, quit the rat race, move to an exotic land and buy your very own private island. >> even when she was young, she wanted to travel. she wanted to see the world. >> reporter: sarah hughes had the dream and she made it come true in the most unlikely place, the tiny far away island of bocas del toro, panama. >> she would take a picture of the sunset and mail it to me. she said, it was like living in a postcard. >> reporter: life was beautiful and simple. and an escape from the pressures of modern living. who could have known that evil could fin...

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Louis, where her all-american good looks got her into modelling as a teenager. >> she would walk in a room and, beep, everybody knew she was there. she was always happy. she always had a smile for everybody. >> reporter: eventually, cher moved to st. petersburg, florida, where her sister judy says she became a savvy businesswoman, running her own neon sign company. >> she would always make sure she had that income. she made sure she was setting herself up for what exactly what she wanted to do was retire and travel around the world. >> reporter: cher did travel but mostly in the u.s. then a fr...

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...

Or "2," the number, would be there rather than t-o. so, it was just -- i said it was just -- it just changed. >> reporter: and then, the text messages simply stopped. cher's aunt mary called the us embassy in panama, and begged for help. >> the embassy -- made a big point of saying people disappear all the time. and if she wants to be found, she will contact you. and so i had a hard time shouting into the darkness of the embassy saying "help me, help me." >> reporter: things got worse. cher didn't call her father on his birthday. it was a huge alarm bell. >> i knew how she felt about her dad. ...