. >> reporter: sandi hodge moved here five years ago to live in paels by the sea. where did he kill her? >> right there. >> reporter: right over here? >> yes. >> reporter: she never expected what happened here. this island chain off the coast of panama is where you come to escape from the rat race, or the law. most say it's paradise. but that all changed when a couple called bill and jane cortez arrived a few years ago. >> i mean, he was loud. and big. and wild. but -- mostly everybody just kind of ignored him. >> reporter: he was known here as wild bill cortez. >> they're taxing us to death. they're removing our jobs. >> reporter: but it turns out, he was really william holbert, a white supremacist from north carolina. >> has been destroyed for the last 100 years or so, after the civil war. >> behind your -- stop, right now! >> reporter: he was wanted in the u.s. for various crimes, including alleged real estate schemes. he and his girlfriend left the united states all together after alluding police on a high speed chase. >> going up the hill offroad, exit one. >>

. >> reporter: sandy hodge moved to bocas del toro five years ago to get away from the states and livee coast of panama is where you come to escape from the rat race, or the law. most say it's paradise. but that all changed when a couple called bill and jane cortez arrived a few years ago. he was known here as wild bill cortez. >> they're taxing us to death. they're removing our jobs. >> reporter: it turns out he was really william holbert, a white supremacist from north carolina. he was wanted in the u.s. for various crimes including alleged real estate schemes. they arrived in bocas in 2007 and quickly became a presence. he was known for his guns, his parties, and his trademarked symbol, the skull and crossbones. then, americans began to disappear. first there was michael brown, his wife, and teenaged son. cortez moved into their house. in 2009, beau isler, former gallery owner from new mexico, seemed to split town all of a sudden, leaving his property behind. wild bill said he bought it. >> that struck me as very odd. it was the talk of the town. i said, god, if i would have known h