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prince in the sand. She disappear jest strange something's, not right. Some said the motel owner had simply checked out and left town a sound. In line to get onto an airplane, but her prized car? ended up with an ex con behind the wheel. We thought, oh, my god, it was him he killed her. Was it really that simple her personal life was very complicated? A younger boyfriend, the man was very clear: Matic drop, dead, gorgeous and strange husband, Coreham having sex in room eleven, but the case really start This is all when someone torch the motel somebody trying to destroy some elements for someone who has done now. This is a murder, mystery of epic proportions, ultimate swore obsessed with this case. Can this get any more bizarre, I'm Lester Holt, and this is dateline. Here's Keith

prison with a place on the sand. the was a little island. It's own bit of fantasy off the Gulf Coast of Florida. It's kind of a little paradise. It is heard, I said it just gets better and better. We think Anna we are an. Where am I rise com, was. Your ban is seven miles of unspoiled white sand. Unspoiled houses, unspoiled people too, most of them when you come across the bridge, is a whole different life. I mean there are Seattle, just come across the bridge and it's like it here, yeah and here's where she found her little paradise to came all the way from Germany for Sabena, mutual Bueller and what

they called her Sabena or, as some did Sabine, they all knew her here on the island for larger them. If perhaps only and the minute you met her you just or drawn to her, I mean she was when those people that you wanted to get to know better than even now looking back and what happened to subpoena on the awful mystery it just doesn't seem possible Oh here I mean nothing happens on this island is a sleepy, sweet town. We don't have things like that happen here, though, and certainly not to herd. Should we make good things happen here, crazy things happy here at the fifties. Motels you bog reimagined, along with Tom Buehler, the man she married within two weeks of meeting her partner at Haley's motel.

Long term friends, Nancy Ambrose of Susie Fox, had always been her lifelong dream to have her own resort. An Haley's came on the market and at the time it was, learning run down, and we would like a whole that now that you ve got your hands for here You Tom could do I mean if anybody can do it. The two of them could turn this around, though, do Tom did the friction, Sabena had the ideas invited Whole town, Turkey, events there dressed up parties The smokehouse is John, the ripper tour. This is her with Jack of our ever present parrot. Sabena was the star of own promotional, really

As for the motel, well, I hope you like our over so far with chemicals. We offer you, you want to spend their neighbour Barbara, hides. Sabena never saw something that had a broken wing that she didn't. Try to fix, you be knew was a rescue people, cats, dogs, turtle, when Susie Fox took over the Anna Maria Turtle. Watch nesting turtles pretty big deal here. She asked for help and Tom and Sabine where I think my fourth volunteers nine sections on this island one mile long and they said they take as many as I needed to give them. I watched her with a huge leather back in the water bomber. Roy owns the local newspaper, the island, there, unfortunately

Other back was missing a flipper and he just he swam in circles, so he kept coming back to the beach and Sabine jumped in the water without a second thought- and she was up to here talking to the turtles face like she could hell this four hundred pound turtle to turn around you know, but are will him too? So you get the idea she was amazing- I mean she just was one of those people that cared about everybody like Ambrose version, but she was battling cancer and nobody would give her a job because of her demanding treatment scheduled until the day. She met sabena- and I explained what my situation lies

the great that's fine! We will come on come onto her and I was like oh really. I was that was one of the happiest days of my life, because here she was giving me a chance, so Sabrina persons, animals or motel or white Pontiac convertible and a two thousand and eight a new passion campaigning for Barack Obama. An uphill battle is predominantly republican island. So, on election night, Sabina was certainly up for a party. He had arranged to meet Nancy, in fact, in what they hoped would

turning to a victory celebration, she was so into the election. She was so excited. She wanted Obama to to win strange, then that will not see a ride. She couldn't find Sabena and I thought she had laughed because I got there late Sabena, husband, Tom, had been there really are too, but without her still, she didn't worry not. Then, anyway, it was and until a couple days later, that I realized she was missing. How was it possible? The woman who loved to celebrate didn't woman who love to talk called no one woman after motel, suddenly wasn't there? Sabena was gone when we come back. The first troubling clue her car with someone else at the wheel, flag started going off.

Who was this mystery driver? She would have driven through a very rough area and just came to my mind that maybe she'd been carjacked we need to know the truth, so many than those out here somehow different on time, Anna Maria Island, that November of two thousand date, not just because Obama won the election, but because Sabena, use your Bueller the one and only was not found the celebrate with their friends out with their pets, not at her motel should never ever leave for animals. She would never ever not go to Haley's to work. I mean that was her baby. Then, two days later, two thirty in the morning, a seedy neighborhood across the bridge on the mainland of a troll been pulled over a white Pontiac

vertical with a burned out tail life. As the cop approached the car the driver ran, there was a wild chase, but they caught him. His name was Robert Corona and he had a story said detective Jeffrey Bliss, John Kennedy of the Mandatory county sheriff's office, Mr Carogne, is original story. Is I was doing crack. Ok with the owner of the car, and it wasn't report stolen, did he say he knew the owner was yes and have permission to have the car, but when detective check the registration they learned. The convertible belonged to Sabena and corona at erect It is a known street criminal, I as a link to arrest fishery and they learn from Sabena, friends, but there had to be something very wrong, with a story that had her doing drugs drinking Phelan in a smoky in a seedy part of town.

She would never be buying drugs. I mean she would not even allow people to smoke around her. She would not let people smoke and Haley's motel. Property really not even on the roads that are probably me she was. There was kind of a healthy she. Why should they have private personal trainer, she was very end and how so they arrested corona stalled him at the county jail and in the morning drove over the Haley's motel to talk to Subpoenas husband Tom and I'm sorry hadn't seen Sabena in a couple of days, if you haven't found a missing persons report, but did after police what was he like? What was your impression of a guy? He was concerned for a while being he couldn't, she was an answer: phone. He couldn't find her and something else. According to Tom Sabena, never let anyone drive her car, not even him

now, there was a stolen car, a missing woman and unknown Criminal Adding up. Do a good combination for Sabena, flax, starting often shortly thereafter detective started to get involved as it as a missing persons case advantage. Then it got worse. Detectors, went over the car. They found blood drops in the back seat, a patch of the rear seat. out, so they spray Lubin. All around found more blood traces on the see how subpoenas friends like crystal let horrifying So then we thought, oh, my god. It was him he killed her. He must have killed her when I was a homicide investigation, detective Jeff Bliss decided to pay a visit. the jail. I put my business card down on the table and slid it across and said we're homicide detectives with this is an auto theft. We need to know the truth, so we need to know now

but hey I had nothing to do with any murders. Then he changed the story or not Coronas new story. you never met anybody name. Sabena. You just found her car park behind a place called the gate. Lounge, not exactly upscale wine bar jailhouse interviewed Corona claimed it was just a I am of opportunity, I see nobody in this article on the car. So that's why I decided to take the car. so I go inside a car sit. Then I see the key. So no, I do right now, so the vehicle was left Somebody wanted stolen, say. Took the liberty of steel on our car was seconds. or any more true than the first. The local paper jumped on course,

on our joy heard a lot of stories. There were a number of people whose speculated that Sabine might have gone to town to cover the Obama celebration that was being held downtown. The area that she would have driven through to go to that party is a very rough area. I just came to my mind that maybe shipping carjacked certain something very bad most of her something maybe and in her car so was corona their killer, or was he finally telling the truth that he stole her car outside that bar? That was true. How did it where was simply coming out, could being Sabena had planned. No one knew about had this free spirit, simply skipped town,

There were two women who were at the Sarasota Airport and they were sure that they saw her up ahead in line you note to get onto an airplane when dude line continues. It was a disturbing time on Anna Maria Island. What happened to Sabena when they found her car? There was blood in it and the fellow who had stolen it kept changing a story. So the logical conclusion was dark and d still. She could It's gone back to Germany to see her family or something right and- and there was extensive, leads an investigation to determine that in fact, apparently Sabina been seen alive and well and the local airport, her friend grist, to let her the story.

There were two women who were at the Sarasota Airport. They were sure that they saw her up ahead in line you know to get onto an airplane, but when detective stricter to her passport was amused. Can surveillance cameras, Sarasota, Braden Airport, Tab airport to make sure that She did not leave the country or fly out water couple of weeks. What, by that way Why did you know that in the last year rates of anxiety, depression doubled in the? U S and these days It can take weeks to get a traditional therapy. Employment, sir Gabriel is an online mental health service that offers prescription, medication, counselling and therapy for anxiety, depression, ADHD insomnia and more with the rubber mobile up, it's like having a personal care team available to you wherever you are, and whenever is most convenient for you

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canoes your border. He was prepared for the worst from that first morning, when he was told about her car the second I knew when the police pull me down. I found her car without her in it and would the keys and I knew Sabena is no longer with us. I know something that happened to her immediately. Look like this guy to Roma might be on the hook for murder, but beyond the blood evidence didn't exactly jump out at them, but who else had Sabena made an enemy? When detective started? Looking at her life, they had to cast a wide net for people she associated with. After all, Sabena was like a magnet everybody wanted to go to her lavish parties there. I'm waiting lists to get our party, let actually backlit she could. even get a little racy for sleepy little Anna Maria one of the more unusual thing she hired some people that she knew from Germany, who came here

the body painting, and that's that blew up that no body painting on Anna Maria island- you can't do that here, but should be. There did what had to be done. It can be a tough business. It's running and promoting a little old motel decks are fat margins thin and with the economy beginning to tank, two thousand paid. What once was sunny and light was grey with worry, Sabina and Tom were in trouble. Neighbor, Barbara Hynes, the real estate market had folded,

I know from Sabina not from Tom that they were highly highly highly leveraged. Please call me or your reservations as well: Sabina used her marketing skills to try to keep the motel afloat. May I help you she and Tom couldn't do the same for their marriage. After more than a decade as husband and wife, they were that in name only, but what they did not do was divorce or divide up the business always tell good funds very good friends, I mean they would pay for and while the government's part, the marriage parts into the Roma's part cut it maybe romance change. It certainly did as a detective couldn't help it discover Tom Sabena had taken up with other. People both of them. He with a woman, is known quite a while. She was alone artist who once worked at the motel as a handy man,

there was the matter of the life insurance. How much did he take out subpoenas life? The cops asked a hundred thousand dollars said Tom. Despite what was it Thirdly, an amicable breakup people on Anna Maria Island couldn't help wonder about time. More than a few said subpoenas friend, Karen Hodge a lot of people you know, whispering and kind of you know suspecting him in a way just because they didn't know photographer Jack Yoga did promotional stills for the motel and became good friends Tom Sabena. There was no evidence found. There was no nothing, so everything was speculative. Who did it it's a who did it. This is a murder. history of epic proportions

It was then twelve days after Sabina vanished from the face of the earth. Somebody set fire to Haley's motel, I'm sure my mouth was hanging open just going. Can this get any more bizarre? what was this all about? What is done now dead or alive? Where was been coming up subpoenas husband that one hundred thousand dollar policy wasn't the whole story came up later, was three hundred thousand money, a motive or just maybe jealousy yet Coreham having sex in room eleven that ITALY's motel

the torching of Hattiesburg well here in Anna Maria Florida, turned out to be as intractable a mystery as the disappearance of Sabina. What they did know was. It was no accident. This was arson and it started in a building beside the main hotel structure. A building that once served as targets have been as living quarters. Nobody was hurt happily, but there were questions. Was it personal and attempt to destroy evidence or what around town some people wondered if Tom had something to do with it, others dismiss. That is just plain nonsense. The photographer Jack Elk cover the fire for the Islanders newspaper, that's one and the mystery really started to while another element this puzzle that now, why would they

do that kind of bizarre. Surely it had something to do with whatever happened to Sabena. Why, with that play burn down. Somebody was trying to destroy some evidence for something the very worst If something happened there, and then she was somewhere with has done. No months went by without a decent bleed, though it was not for lack of trying to find one, especially whether instincts retelling Sabena might be buried. the beach, while whenever we would have break, we would come out here to this very spot. We stand here and review the case and brainstorm the case detective sergeant John Kennedy and his partner Jeff Bliss organizing searches on the beach loki, verandah area over the ground or the white sand. Beach looked to stir

We took a diver dogs watch em up and down the beach. We used ground, penetrating radar checked various spots on the beach trying to find skeletal remains to no avail, and in November two thousand and nine, the first anniversary of what It was that happen on the beach Sabena had a little memorial husband Tom, tossed a flower recently the surf. There was no hope we knew she was on. She was no longer alive, but apparently the life insurance company was you so sure, it around the time of that memorial service at the Beach Tom went to court to take the first step to get that money. Wasn't a Tom who petitioned the court to declare her dead. Yes, if she's declared dead, he gets a lot of insurance money

gets the ownership of the right of the motel correct. Yes, that Funny Tom Adult in fact, as before, he'd held a one hundred thousand dollar policy on subpoena, but when he filed papers to declare her dead turned out, there was a second larger life insurance policy that he forgot to mention. It came up later. It was three hundred thousand the revelation made the newspaper Attorneys for the insurance company argue that under Florida law, Sabena had to be missing at least five years before she could be declared dead and any insurance money paid out At the hearing reporters noticed an unusual group of observers listening to the proceedings, the hall back or all of seats, was taken up by Sheriff Samuel

and if they weren't interested in what Tom had to say, the insurance company, why were they there? But Tom was not successful. They denied a death certificate and Thomas denied the insurance and I could see a building only right that search of accurate. There was nobody, goons police, new, Koromo, didn't kill. Sabena a bar made, the guitar lounge, was able to confirm the essentials of his story, so he was convicted of car theft, not murder and detective Kenny. Who is an island carbon, known, Sabena and Tom? years, decided to have another try much closer to home. Yes Tom, for any detail, no matter how small that might take the investigation beyond conjecture and whispers of suspicion floated on here breeze and he wanted to hold background of their courtship. marriage and how it how it disintegrated, how did it disintegrate

I told me that they just slowly like grew apart, they stay together because they were very good friends. And they on the business together, but this seemed unusual while they stayed married, they moved in with other people, number in the year before Sabena went missing. Tom started adding a new woman and Sabena took up with a handsome younger man who once worked at the motel. His name was Bill Bill Cumber. The man was very clear: Matic drop dead gorgeous ten years younger. In fact, Sabena was forty. Nine bill was thirty. Nine at very different from Tom Tom, meanwhile, was still Sabena. This part, that's where things got a little dicey. One day Tom found Sabena in a room and their motel. With her new lover bill, he had Coreham Heavens

acts in room eleven that ITALY's motel, but he said it wasn't a jealousy thing. It was a lack of respect that you know having sex with his wife in the hotel room not jealous. Maybe still. The detectives knew that sort of thing could very well drive a person to do terrible things. So Tom and Bill did one of them harm Sabena. They interview bill the first time back when Sabine, as stolen car was found, learned that in two thousand eight they started dating and eventually they moved into an apartment. Together. Sabena told her friends, she did the jackpot, bill. Friends like Joyce later, should even had his picture. Her wallet, and she was so proud that he was so handsome and I can see where she was head over heels. Maybe this was

going to be the love of her life. They were going to have a wonderful future together. The lunchtimes have been his friend photographer Jack. Yoga saw her. She was with Bill jacket, never met him before she came over to me and give me a big kiss and hugging and our know she energies, this man, on two may and he shook my head jack? How you do me a long time, no see and I'm looking at this guy thinking like I don't really know the sky. The question was anybody know bill coming up. I think that the world's most somebody's some by special emotion from veil and a surprise from a stranger he said you have no idea what you just got. Was he about well, the case wide open when Dateline continues

The fever disappeared from Anna Maria on an election. I two thousand eight detectives took a good look at the two men closest to the estranged, husband Tom and the boyfriend built bill. Cumber. With whom she was living at the time. Typically, in any missing person case you'd, look at the inner circle. First husband, Paramore Bill gave detectives his story of what happened the night. She disappeared. Sabina left their place around ten pm. He said he intended to go to that Obama Victory Party. The next thing he knew detectives were at his door telling him they found her car. There was blood inside a few days after that bill told his story again to a local tv reporter saying it's tragedy. I think that the world's most somebody's

somebody special, you told the reporter, he blamed herself away because Sabena left after they argued about his smoking. I feel responsible for her leaving leaving here did you know that in the last year rates of anxiety and depression doubled in the? U S and these days It can take weeks to get a traditional therapy employment Gabriel is an online mental health service that offers prescription medication, counselling and therapy for anxiety, depression, ADHD, insomnia and more with reboot mobile up? It's like having a personal care team available to you wherever you are and whenever is most convenient for you cerebral is also one of the few services that provides prescription medication online through a licence provider and ships medication straight to your door. She can skip the pharmacy lines. This news of this programme can receive sixty five percent off the first month of medication, management and care counselling at surreal, dot com, slash, dateline, Goddess

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for details. Twenty twenty three Cadillac Lyric Debut Edition available summer, two thousand twenty two by reservation: only additional lyric models available starting fall. Two thousand and twenty two see dealer for details. Akg is a trademark of Akg, Acoustics Gmbh, registered in the United States and or other countries. Far as what happened after that, I have no idea. The detectors were busy looking at records and discovered that bill once spent some time behind bars. That was, after an unrelated to his stint as a handyman at the motel at Tom and Sabina went to see him at prison, set him money, I wrote to him and he wrote back and you know Tom. I think we're just throwing them away, but she started writing him back and you know trying to help. Hemp has to be that Tom's Romance Coon, her letters to Bill heated up and when bill was released on probation.

In two thousand and eight Sabina was waiting for him to be in his friends, however, did not share her enthusiasm for bill. They didn't want him to be around or they pretty much said. If you have Come? Don't don't bring that guy, but it was just. They saw something off about him. Yes, that that she did not know. Sabina saw a young fit artistic man who just needed a break bill was something of an amateur artist, though his sketches didn't seem to amount to much, but Bino was determined to help build jump start his career to get his artwork sold maybe start up a woodworking business. She had set him up and would shop all his tools and town. They certainly look like love birds. Still, two weeks after Sabena vanished, the detectives asked build to come in for another interview. That's when he told them about

The argument She left or what? right, you guys were not in a physical altercation, though we've never had a physical altercation, but did the pushing did they challenge him? But, yes, they did. Where did you go? this she let you down. got nothing. You got nothing to do with as you know, but try as they might bill. Cumbered did not crack, so they sent him home but kept him. I am what made you think that he was the guy who would have killed her? I mean they were going out together. We knew they had had argument that Daily Swan was

any other evidence that pointed toward him. Besides that until he visited in his apartment about Sabena to pay the rent bill was affected and the detectives got permission to get in there to tweet. The first time I entered the apartment heavy heavy centre. Bleach wait a minute how long after four or five weeks and you have the smell of Bleach- was still strong. At that We went in and searched it. And we found additional blood evidence with DNA. What did all of that same year? Something bad happened right there, but bill told the detectives that was innocent blood, Sabena ones, cut herself here, and then they found bills, dna on the driver's seat of subpoenas car, but he told the directive. She let him drive it. We knew that no one, even her husband, was allowed to drive her car, but then they looked at bill's hand

She had an injury on his hand. I was consistent with the friction burn that I myself had got. We write her dick and test holes differently, getting on your palm your hand, just from shovelling bill said he fell off is like the board of directors. Looked at Bill Cumber, the worse. It look for him, the real He did time in prison. For example, he was convicted of arson. He was jealous of his girlfriend four and they had an argument and he tried to burn the house down with her and the kids and it turned out the Haley's motel fire was intentionally started with Accelerate bill's shoes were tested later and had traces of accelerants too, but that wasn't enough to make a case, so they arrest bill charged him with murdering Sabina. No, they did not. A no body case would be very tough said

prosecutors, there's, no proof the woman was even dead, so the detectors turned up the heat. So there's always somebody knocking at the door. I want to talk to. He had a legitimate safety concern for other residents and especially if he wound up getting with another female at bill. I couldn't take it. He laughed Anna Maria Island left the county. Unfortunately, for him that was a probation violation. So before long bill was in jail. Well, the detectives kept looking for Sabina everywhere no trace, then in two thousand and eleven three years after she disappeared, a man named Ed MOSS was clearing brush in front of his house on the island right next,

the beach and underneath a log. There was a kind of a small purse, looked stolen, said it, so he showed it to a deputy and his eyes hurriedly vague, and he looked at me. He said you are. You have no idea what you ve just done. It was subpoenas purse your driver's license confirmed it. We had this lead as far as a purse being recovered. It was only a toolbox to the to the north, where they actually live so detectives, Kenny Bliss brought an army, police and equipment and started searching the area for her remit, but again after weeks of digging through the sand and bush, nothing both of us who are obsessed with this case, we know he did it. Another thing: can he knew? Was the Tom didn't do it? For me,

Some people on the island had been suspicious of Tom. Privately detectives had long since cleared him. I could tell you didn't do it, but we went through the steps and we alibi them. It did. You know everything that needed to be done to make sure the apparently his attempt to cash out the insurance policy so quickly was just a matter of financial survival. I wouldn't I never thought that Tom had anything to do with this. That's why I felt so broken hearted, so with Tom and the clear detectives consulted with other jurisdictions on how they handled no body Ices lined up all the forensic and circumstantial evidence and finally, the prosecutor told them they were ready in two thousand twelve four years after Sabena vanished Bill, Cumber was indicted for second degree murder, but it was not,

gonna be an easy case. Obviously evidence that goes with the body here, cause of death manner of death, and we didn't have that and what will it take for a jury to believe handsome bill was a killer. coming up. A final clue leaves detectives back to the beach and puts a trial on whole crying quite a bit. Was the first time that I've ever seen him emotional? the the trade stood by rather more slowly for bill, Cumber back in prison on a brutal violation and under indictment for murder, but he did a visitors. Detectives, Kenny Bliss both had moved on to other cases, but they still may time depressed bill to come.

clean, we traveled three or four times up to where he was in prison and try the interview. What would you say said he had nothing to do dead or didn't want to talk to us. Of course, they didn't believe that that attacked, as were sure bill killed. Sabena two thousand fifteen. They thought they had an offer. He couldn't reviews. We got the blessing. State attorney to offer a deal with. You tell detective where to find the body in exchange for a lesser sentence. He makes a statement I'll. Take my chances with a jury.

The hair on my neck stands up because that's a very telling statement, an innocent man is going to say I didn't do it. Bill would be taking his chances soon. His trial with just a month away so detectives approached the one person who maybe could persuade bill to take the deal. Detect bliss actually took the defense attorney into our property office and viewed all the evidence. There was sipping his blood on the couch covers hands with those blisters detectives believe came from burying her. and the evidence in her car that cut her upholstery with her blood bills. Dna think they want to Cumbre and said you know we're going to have a tough time. With this pretty soon prosecutor, art Brown got a call. I received a few from Mr Cumbrous defence attorney that he might be interested in a plea offer. Twenty year

in prison if he would tell us the location of Sabena. What do you know bill bit on October? Fifty two thousand fifty a bearded bill. Cumber pleaded no contest the second degree murder. Then he sat down to answer questions with the tape recorder, rolling what we said it if you like chilling according to build the argument about smoking was just part of it. The bad part started. He said when Sabena told him they were done so sabines ain't. She can't go on with this any more. What happens that fight? I lose control I hated ahead with my fears, disgusting situation. What's a reaction to being struck, she gives scheme, and she covered her face with her hands and

what what do you do at that point was reached and grabbed your throat and started children. He choked her until she stopped moving. He said, she'd never fought back. We seem Forceful somewhat many wasn t ride. He was just gonna given off his chest. I guess believe what I did. I stared at stared down at her. In all things, what kind of things running through my mind, believe what I had done. You said he took a sheet off the bed and rolled her up in it. where did about an hour dry, dragged to the car? He put her in the back seat or sheep blood on the place he cut out the upholstery, and then he drove to the beach to bury her. Did you break up www yes on the way to bury her. He stole a shovel from Haley's motel and then, after he buried her. He said

he drove to the gator allows left the keys in the car, hoping somebody would steal it, and then he took a bus back to the island and a trolley back home. I thought he minimize certain aspects of his involvement in the murder midmost what he says that it was just a split second moment of insanity. I think there was a little bit more calculation and then, after the interview, detective whispered bill in his car to the beach and develop. Then it has constantly guards He shuffled down the long past to a place in the sand where often sat with Sabena. This is where he brought her body spot, they used to sit on all the time right down the road from Haley's motel they better on the beach there right here where he and Sabena came to watch. The sunset clause was here: the directive

this map, the area with tiny, yellow flags about how people's all about for the poor. But then the detective gave build an opportunity. Whether deserved it or not. I told him if you to say a prayer, he could and that's when he got period, an emotional apologize tour. My walked back to the car and he has asked me to let her family now that she was a very good woman and she didn't deserve a diet. He was very sorry for what he had done and he was very emotional and crying quite a bit. That was the first time in my dealings with him that

or seen him emotional about what he had done once she left a team of detectives and the medical examiner Doug slowly carefully and by the end of the day they had found, what was left of Sabena. What was like for you, after all those years trying to find Something in failing. We were elated me and my partners so essential relief closure, bill, Cumber, was returned to jail and is now serving his twenty year sentence and state prison alot of people probably are happy with the twenty years ago, but you know they're not part of the family that has to deal with it, should you ve gotten life, absolutely detectors. Canada is retired. Detective bliss is no longer with the sheriff's office Tom View.

who lost both the woman he loved and for years his good reputation has tried to move on he's remarry. Now that is still running his beloved and restored Haley's motel and play of subpoenas little promotional videos, ears, Tom, if your common enemy island, if you want to see all Florida you can either drive around and look at it waiting stay here and alien motel experience not back down the streets, Anna Maria Island subpoenas, friends, remember so blest that she was in my life. Even for that amount of time could she touched my life deeply and I think it makes me really appreciate each and every day, even more because it can cut short, even hear this

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