No deal for confessed killer in Panama

(newsroompanama.com) There will be no deal for William Wild Bill Dathan Holbert, facing five counts of murder for crimes committed in Bocas del Toro. Assistant Prosecutor Ángel Calderón said that no promises have been made and that confessions made with Holbert in connection with the murders were with his own consent and "there was no agreement with my office."
Holbert refused to make any additional statements to police after they refused to release his wife, Laura Mitchell Reese, who is also implicated in the murders.

Calderón reported that his office has evidence linking both Holbert and Reese to five killings in Bocas del Toro between 2007 and 2010. Lawyers for the couple have filed two writs of habeas corpus which are to be heard by the Supreme Court before the case can move forward.

Reese is being held at the Women's Rehabilitation Center and Holbert is in La Joya.

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Original Source:http://www.newsroompanama.com/panama/1628-no-deal-for-confessed-killer-in-panama.html
Date Retrieved: September 2, 2010.