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Of panama, cher hughes had been living out the dream of owning her own island. but then she vanished. i imagine you were calling, leaving messages? >> calling, texas, facebooking. and then i started reading her facebook. and it's, like, "cher, where are you?" people who were in panama, in bocas, "haven't seen you around town, where you at, gimme a call." and we started wondering. >> reporter: when cher's husband keith realized she'd left town, he was surprised. but he thought he might know why. cher had been talking about spending time in panama city. a place where she could blend into the sce...

Caused me nightmares like you wouldn't believe and i'm left down here to die in a panamanian jail. >> you also have to understand that the victims of these crimes, their families are -- they say you had parties at their homes. how can you possibly defend that action? >> defend it? i'm not trying to defend my actions. i'm a criminal. i'm a bad guy. i'm your worst nightmare. but what i'm also saying is that i didn't wake up one morning and decide to kill my neighbors. >> shortly after our call a very different looking bill holbert gave an interview to a local tv station from his jail cell. his w...

They were arrested for not only stealing the island properties of two american but also allegedly murdering them in cold blood. now bill was talking to the police, but they couldn't have been prepared for his stunning confession. here is kate snow with the conclusion of "stealing paradise dates. >> the search for beau hughes and icelar had ended tragically. after being caught wild bill and his wife emerged from the jungle in shackles charged with the murders. bill's wife was subdued and denied any involvement. bill, however, appeared surprisingly cheerful saying she was happy to be back in pan...

When bill was brought back to panama, what was he like? >> he was making jokes, and he was laughing on it and he was really -- he wanted to -- people to see him. he was really trying to show off. >> reporter: national director of police gustavo perez interrogated wild bill and says he talked openly about the killings. bill admitted to shooting bo icelar on his boat. for cher, it started with a friendly dinner at bill's place. afterwards, bill took her outside to see some animals behind his house. when she turned to look at them, he shot her. did bill tell you why he murdered the people that he...

Mediators, they then shook hands hoping to bury their differences as they have their dead. >> and after three weeks of negotiations, we signed the date in the courts and it was formalized in paris in december of 1995. and i was promoted to my fourth star and went to the u.s. southern command in panama and after a year, i became the nato surprise commander. >> i am firmly of the opinion the reason that the dayton accords worked is because everybody had already done enough killing. there was so much slaughter that took place. everybody got tired and i said okay, we'll sign up. i'm kind of worn o...