Captured murderer confesses to five killings in Bocas del Toro

William Dathan “Wild Bill” Holbert confessed during questioning that lasted until 9 p.m. on Friday July 30, . to killing five people, including three members of the same family in Bocas del Toro, PanamaProsecutor Angel Calderon, said the questioning will resume Monday, but no time has been set.

Holbert, while in Panama used the name William Cortez, he and his partner, both Americans,  were arrested by the  army in Nicaragua along the border with Costa Rica. They were handed over to Panama on Thursday with a media circus before leaving Nicaragua, and on their arrival in Panama.
He has confessed to killing Mike Brown, his wife and teenage son, and Cheryl Hughes and Bo Icela.

All were killed with shots to the head so he could to steal their property in Bocas del Toro.

Five indigenous people who worked for him are missing and their families and the authorities suspect that Holbert has something to do with their disappearance. 
Calderón says a team of forensic anthropologists from the Institute of Legal Medicine is preparing to travel this  week to the place where the murderer said he buried the Browns.

He added that Holbert is wanted in by the U.S. for a possible fraud.

Laura Michelle Reese, who also  faces homicide charges, was less forthright, and has invoked Article 25 of the Constitution, which says that no one is compelled to testify against himself. She has also  requested assistance from the U.S. Embassy.