Panama finds 3 more bodies at US man's hostel

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Panama finds 3 more bodies at US man's hostel
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 3, 2010; 9:49 PM

PANAMA CITY -- Authorities said they recovered three more bodies Tuesday on property owned by a jailed U.S. man who prosecutors say has confessed to killing five fellow Americans to get their money and property in a Panamanian resort area.

Jose Pachard, deputy director of the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, said the remains were found with the help of information provided by the suspect, William Dathan Holbert.

He said searchers found the bodies of an adult man, adult woman and child on the grounds of a hostel operated by Holbert. Two other bodies were found earlier, touching off a search for Holbert and his wife.

Tests were planned to identify the latest remains. On Sunday, prosecutors quoted Holbert as admitting he killed a U.S. man named Mike Brown, his wife and small son about three years ago and buried them on his property.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/03/AR2010080307045.html

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More on this creep from earlier story, at earlier stage of the investigation, when he had fewer known victims:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4485430

[aquart]

1. Yikes. Procrustes, the murderous innkeeper.

And there was someone in the American West who pulled a similar bunch of murders. I guess there will always be someone somewhere who thinks this is a good business plan.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. You're thinking of Herman Webster Mudgett a/k/a H.H.Holmes...

http://www.essortment.com/all/hermanmudgettb_rzsg.htm

This story is so bizarre you couldn't make it up.