He Didn't Testify - But He Did Complain About Prison Life

Although he spent four hours in the offices of the Deputy Attorney General, William Dathan Holbert, alias "Wild Bill", refused to expand his statement regarding the murders of five people in Bocas del Toro. William Dathan Holbert, who was accompanied by his lawyer Maria Carrillo, told the prosecutor he would not testify, but he did complain about supposed ill treatment at the La Joya prison, and he said the conditions in the prison were not the best. On 30 July 2010 "Wild Bill" made his first statement and confessed to having murdered Bo Icelar, Cher Hughes, Mike Brown, and his wife and son, with shots to the back of the head. The confessed murderer was transferred from the La Joya prison to the office of the Deputy Attorney General at 8:00 am yesterday morning, and he was there until noon. He came and left under heavy security. Meanwhile, the Anthropological Museum of Panama has requested to the Deputy Attorney General, through a letter, the custody of more than 100 ancient masks and figures found in Bo Icelar's basement, one of Holbert's victims, in order to protect the pieces. (Mi Diario)

Editor's Comment: I discussed Bo Icelar's collection with the prosecutor this morning. He is in the process of calling in experts who will determine the origins and authenticity of the pieces discovered in Bo Icelar's basement. First, they want to rule out that these might have been stolen from somewhere. I told him that I didn't think they were stolen, but rather that Bo Icelar was a well known antiquities dealer and this was his collection. They have already checked and Bo Icelar did not follow the proper procedures to import these artifacts into Panama. Therefore, most likely the government of Panama will confiscate them, and they will end up in a museum somewhere. In the meantime, they will determine what they are, and how much they are worth.