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real life drama. Brian premature was typical. Marine that kind of an all american kind of persona he was assigned to a color guard in Washington DC. There's pictures of him in the white house. With President george w from the outside. Looking in it seemed like Brian Berman Jr had everything going for him in two thousand and eleven after having served seven years in the marine corps, Brian premature leaves the marines at his sides to go to panama and his plan is to decompress take some time off. The my sister was deeply in love with a man named frame perimeter osu. I was to be with him and

if there were so madly in love, think she was very proud of him because he was a marine and she used to say things like I'm with a marine. If I'm going down to panama with bryant to start a new life, that's is way on wanted to be was perfect. I. shall violence, while I and my sister is Yvonne bodily. Shall I to carry ok so like to dance to divine like it here. She loved here, love it here. Places with cheap. There is unhappy our beautiful. got the wider writing fond of a house where we regular round got a narrow focus on total. This is the house. They were renting in brain from a journey bond

Yvonne told her family members that everything was good. She painted a very happy picture through email. She made it seem like everything was fine and well. The reality of it was that her in Birmingham were fighting constantly. After I heard stories of fights I can understand. Why should want to leave she fell off. The radar screen changes went away one day, her email stopped her communication stopped everybody lost contact with theirs, Immigration records it indicates that she left panama as now, but for this is now, but for dummies on what to do in your sister is gone missing.

Karen arrow from the outside appears to be a tropical paradise, but it's a swampy hill. I call it devil's island because some terrible things took place in the friendly amateur has done nothing zero to help with the search for a elon. We are in central america in some jungle in some swamp. Looking for really, this is unbelievable. What no one knew is that Brian Bremiker had a secret. He was living a double life bridegroom your move to california hooked up with christian work over and they got married Christian worked at the white house and that's where she and brine met

and his life is going on like normal, and our knife will never be the same What did you do to her Brian? We knew that there had been foul play. He was the last one to see her alive brides coming out with his golf clubs. Let's go guys- and this is what I now ok, let's go to. My sister went down to panama, Brian brand returned. My sister didn't brian room, which was exceptionally, but when he didn't accounts war, was this families fervour to find what happened to their daughter, their sister right intervention, CBS news would like to ask a couple questions too easy thing to table, truth. He told them alive, that's what led to pierce demise

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lines. The judges were earning a fortune carrying out a brazen criminal scheme, one that would after the lives of countless children and force a heated debate about punishment and america's I'm an old justice system following can scandal. Wherever you get your pont guests, you can listen. Ad free, while the amazon, music or wandering up the in the spring of two thousand and twelve brian premature, was living the high life in southern california, just months removed from a decorated marine corps. Career bridger was happily married and living in the suburbs. When I look at the pictures of Brian Christ- and I just see a couple in love and and super sincerely happy and just enjoying the day at the beach la hoya, these joyful-

Newlywed photos of brian and christian premature were a shock to yvonne baldelli his family. They expected her to be in the picture. It wasn't their wedding day, but they came in their wedding attire in a limousine and champagne flow in photographer jack. English had no idea of the intrigue behind these happy images that Brian had proposed to Christian just days after yvonne disappear. In panama, slept very happy very love as if she found a prince, charming

prince charming a man who had just left yvonne baldelli in panama two weeks earlier. How could this happen? We traveled to the remote islands of the caribbean coast of panama to find out up ahead is the island of kara narrow, where yvonne and Brian with the locals called brim, came to live in september, two thousand and eleven it's a place where they could chase their dream. Why did they decide to go to I should like the fact that they can live on the beach in a pretty pretty reasonably priced down. Their yvonne sister Michel balance, whaler, says Brian wanted to become a singer performing in bars and with her beloved dog. Georgia may in hand yvonne brought,

Two sewing machines in hopes of starting a clothing business step, mother, lillian fost having to make bathing suits and sell them to tourists. I know she was excited and she she didn't have any reservation. It sounded like she had a real plan for the future she did and she thought that she found her paradise her perfect place. Michelle recalls how her younger sister, yvonne recently divorced, was with Brian when they first started dating in two thousand and nine in southern california. Since then physically attacked to him. I wasn't part of it and while Yvonne

seem to be falling in love with Brian big sister. Michelle wasn't so sure. As far as emotionally from my sister Yvonne put one hundred percent into you, and she would expect that back and I didn't get that impression that she was receiving that that concern me. She deserved that after yvonne was laid off,

from her management job with procter and gamble and Brian ended his career in the marines, the two decided to make a fresh start and reinvent themselves in panama, settling in this house. They quickly fell in with the local expats. Did you think they were in love? Apparently so joan and stephen crabtree own, the cosmic crab, a funky resort and waterfront bar, where Brian would sing for his supper? He played here at the cosmic crab a couple of nights a week and they were frequent visitors here they were very nice. People penny toms owner of another waterfront bar. Also. Let bryan play for food and free booze lots of booze. They used to drink a lot, so they were always happy. What's a lot, a lot

basically and Jim Murton says Bryan's drinking may have gotten in the way of his singing happens. He played the guitar good, but when he started saying that's when it went away, what was it like, like a hound dog on the porch, to look very happy in the pictures? it was really enjoying herself there. I knew it would be a place that she would like for yvonne's father, Jim Faust, the constant stream of joyful phone calls and emails describing the couple's panama adventures was reassuring. Given the emails were stories of exactly what her life was like down there and I could picture it. Then I could close my eyes and it was like I was there. I couldn't imagine, holding email. Like this one. She says I says Brian already working at local restaurant sandbars. We love it. We were

wake up and go running then swim in the ocean every morning, and so Yvonne's family thought all was well in paradise and that Brian might be the one for yvonne. I believed that they were going to get married. But I thought I was going to happen when they got down there, but the right around thanks, in two thousand and eleven three months. Are they arrived in panama, the happy emails and calls for me VON started to drop off for Michel sisterly instinct started to kick in. That's that set me is the fact that there are becoming less frequent, the emails from her, and then they stopped completely weeks passed then, on December, fourteenth Michel finally got a text, but it wasn't from yvonne

There is a number I didn't recognize and a text message on their said. This is Brian may make arrangements to pick up. My truck michel was shot. Brian was back in the? U s. I sat up called that number four only thing out afterwards: mice, He says: didn't you get my email as an animal received any emails from anybody? That's when a few weeks so I'll call you back so I went to my computer. Michel discovered an email she had overlooked. It was from Brian who had never written before and from as stated I'm sure, you've heard by now that bonnie and I are no longer together. I called him right back. I asked him point blank what happened and he said that got in a fight because she had found out that he had a child. Somebody else that somebody else christian work over the two had a baby rural in two thousand and ten since yvonne was.

Able to have a child because of a medical condition. The discovery must have been earth shattering. Brian, then said yvonne, just when left as edition leave a note now, as you tried to call you since now, do you know where she is at no- and I said I haven't heard from her brian and he said well, I'm sure she's, fine, but Michelle had her doubts about that story, and ten days later, when Brian called and still wanted to pick up his truck michelle said she had another plan. I said when you come to pick up the check I'll, be here. That's no problem, and I think it's a good idea that you go with me to the police department since you're the last one to see her and we can fill out a missing persons report

Because our already the mid december- and I haven't heard anything from her and that's not why something's wrong you in december of two thousand and eleven Michel balance willow was still worried about her missing sister, so she went back to her computer where she found another overlooked message: this one from Yvonne high says just an update ran and I are no longer together. I should have trusted my instincts that he is lying. Cheating asked, I'm headed to customs deal with a man I met when we first got to bogus, would you think when you read the signal, I just wasn't sure there's some things in there that didn't feel right to me. Her head was spinning would have on really have run off with another man after learning that Brian had of love child

All we want ever wanted to do was be a mother. That's all she ever wanted to do was being whether they find out that brain had a child in her she's living. She had to go the other in the world to be with his man. Are you didn't tell her about tat? I am questioning what her mental state is right now, she's our broken in upstate, new york, german lillian faust also felt the turn of events was just so out of character for their daughter or our life to change so abruptly. And she's like, oh well, I'm going with this guy and costa rica costa. That made absolutely positively no sense to me also making no sense. Three weeks have passed since Yvonne had emailed from panama, but then out of the blue. She said a new email it strange, miss you and everyone at home was trying to get a little homesick, I'm working on plans to get home as early as

Second week of january, I've been living with cause of hangers for a while leveson. Even while strange, the email was also reassuring for her family, who was happy to learn. Yvonne would soon return to. California so. I stopped worrying. I figured okay. She knows that in January, we're having a family get together. She's going to be there. Do you feel she's safe at this? At this point I was still worried, but I was satisfied with it for the moment in the same day that email arrived so too did Brian Bridger knocking on the front door of michelle's l a home to pick up his truck. What did you see on his face? What was his demeanor like? It was just in a hurry. He was calm. That's very brave of business. Just get his stuff get his truck. After Brian got his pickup truck yvonne's emails stopped, so

steam. Long days passed until on january, sixty two thousand twelve michel wrote her sister, the subject reed, I just want to make sure you are kidnapped or someone pretending to be. You ha ha there's my paranoid suspicious Or maybe too many forty eight hours did you ever hear back from your sister ago? Now that's last email Michel was still hopeful that she would appear at that family reunion, but Yvonne never showed up at that point when we met up with my dad- and I told him we haven't heard from her- he said: oh no something's wrong, something's wrong and that's why that she did not leave panama. This is my feeling by now michel was convinced. Her sister never ran off to costa rica with another man, so her instinct was learn worried bonds. Emails were really coming from, so

I went to my cousin and ask them to please check it out. Like I said, I haven't I haven't, got a glow. The cousin, a technology with said, track any bonds emails would be easy. All he needed was their ip addresses, so we search the emails yvonne had supposedly sent from panama and costa rica, as well as that email Brian had sent from near obtain a point. California, the cousin made a startling discovery. No one from hamley came from now and then the one that was supposed to be with her being increased. Rigour came from the united states where the united states, one of them, look like they were coming from data point that email michel says, originated from work

and was now living near Dana point. California, it was the evidence michelle had been looking for. He was sharing the same ip address, so yvonne's email is coming from Brian's computer. Yes, the family's worst fear had come true, it appeared, Brian had hacked into yvonne's email account and was impersonating her. But why that's when I knew Had he did something to her ass well, ass in person, it's murdered its murder, as isis was dead, and I never got his here again, but Michel had no time to more. She took that new evidence down to the fbi where she met with special agent andrew masters, Michel that was whaler she's a spare fire, when they brought to us, but we knew that there's absolutely foul play involved the fbi immediately.

Launched an investigation into yvonne's disappearance with masters taking charge. Yvonne's family then contacted the state department. I call the embassy the embassy tells us. There is no record of her ever level, panama and no record of her ever entering closer eke. Yvonne's family couldn't wait. Any longer they travelled to panama to find answers. The f b, I made a move as well targeting Brian premature as a person of interest brine, didn't realize what exactly the fbi is capable of With the fbi, investigation under way in the states either

family met up with legendary investigator don winner in panama city. Why is wiser winston It goes back with an american citizen in panama. You get the phone call live put away or help to put away three serial killers? So one bad things happen. They know that too, to me when, when they don't know what else to do winner is an ex? U s: intelligence officer within uncanny ability to solve murders. Jim and lillian tell don the story of their daughter's disappearance and Brian's claim that she's run off with another man. I think the chances that she's running around in costa rica, somewhere with some other did, are down there zero now. This is what happened. This is what we think is going on. It's not the first time winner, a city news consultant has worked on a case with forty eight hours. We're gonna go. Take

Look at this yellow, try, moran. The intrepid investigator help solve the murder of american sailor don north as forty eight hours reported in two thousand and eleven to set a personal cited in all of this. Can you leave you, and I are doing this again absolute night. I tell you what it's it's. It's amazing winner is convinced. Brian Brian Bridger is involved his strategy, put pressure on the panamanian government to act when done winter speaks the people listen winners. Game plan also called for Jim and michel to give blood for dna tests should any remains be found and when yvonne's family I was hundreds of miles from panama city to the tropical island, where she disappeared, evolve, led by the hand of many and police are persuaded to hold a press conference to plead for information

The fairy avert nightmare for quite a few months, and we continue to peeled and anyone who knows absent we everybody loves this apparent to come forward panamanian police announced for the first time that yvonne is the victim of foul play and named Brian Bridger, as the suspect. Although I will say well, this news conference reverberated around the world police, say within weeks of her disappearance, bridger returned to the. U s got engaged and married another woman. Tonight the fbi is calling him a person of interest riding the momentum of the press conference. They printed flyers

I fanned out to neighborhoods and the village searching for their own clues. One recompense on the part of the onions, it's a bittersweet search for a vaughan's, nice lauren buyer in a place that is no longer a paradise. There's nothing here for us until we find her. That's why we're here? The family's quest is starting to get results. Witnesses who knew the couple come out of the woodwork describing Brian's verbal and physical abuse.

To me it was a scary person is not the kind of person I wanted to be around local bar owner. Jeff salzman saw it firsthand on yvonne's face, as I recall, it was black eyes and and blackness around the face and verse was she's self conscious about it. She was trying to hide it and and not speak of it. This is very pain. To learn that he had hit her, that she had bruce's that she had black eyes. Those things were very difficult to learn. The realisation that Yvonne may have been murdered is setting it. Where could Yvonne's body have been dumped, we'll just feeding further that house you ve got thousands of square miles of water

while, if you just go twenty yards from the shore learn impenetrable swamp. Try I find something in there, but that's exactly what he bonds family investigator, and volunteers set out to do entering what could be Yvonne's swampy graveyard described this area that has to be served just how difficult places it's jumble its tropical. So you have every kind of book quitter that you can think of spiders and snakes, and it's not a place to go slogan around three struggling through the mark, the spiders and the rancid water

the smallest discovery raises hope: a purse, a medicine bottle a mysterious sinkhole. I kept asking myself, I wonder, for anyone But do I want to finding via I mean I want to know where she is, but do I want to see her in these swampy areas? Then they find it.

Passport yeah? We find a? U s passport the front page here in london, none of it is yvonne's, but back in the united states, the f b I confronted Brian premature, we went and knocked on his door. He answered and invited the cent said that he was expecting us f b. I special agent andrew masters, question brian premature for more than four hours while he babysat his young daughter to especially master along with special agent meredith approaching a parking area you have a consensual, monitored interview with Brian premature. We weren't sure if he was going to break down and confess to having a part in her disappearance and murder or if he was going to become angry. If he was going to kick us out. Brian

stuck to his story. Yvonne left him for another man. I come back home and there was no. That said, and I quote, knowing how the story girl with a man I've been talking to have you ever, but when confronted with Michel's email evidence, Brian began to stumble I just got laid out there. Man, the ip addresses, are not coming back from costa rica, panama, okay, they're, coming back from here guys here, okay, so if, if she's not hanging out, here, then somebody centre right. I don't like it. You know anyway, they would have her email account

I have been there now then something caught master's eye as soon as I walk in, I see a white sony vaio, which is a computer, a laptop computer exactly, and we knew that yvonne owned a white sony, vaio laptop that she had taken with her to panama. But what do you think- and I'm thinking we may very well- have advance computer right here. The masters hunch was spot on. It was yvonne's computer, but why was it in Brian's condo and would it help unravel the mystery of yvonne's disappearance? Even though he was under the f b I's microscope, Brian Bremerton, remained a free man living with his family on the outskirts of san diego kristen worked for a defence contractor, while Brian unemployed spent much of his time. Gulfy recognise them

I do that's brain in the summer of two thousand and twelve, we show VON sister Michel video of Brian's new life because you were when you see you home ass. They it's not surprising now, and I know it is capable of. He thinks he got away with murder. Oh, what you have here is a person

kill my sister and can walk away scot free for just a few months. After that F b, I interview we came face to face with the suspected killer crime peter vance. There was CBS news we'd like to ask a couple of questions. Would you please talk to us? Did you murder, yvonne baldelli? You can speak to us. You can answer that question right. Why? Why won't you speak with us,

Did you have anything to do with her disappearance, while Brian heads off to enjoy another carefree day? On the greens, the f b, I was turning his life upside down interviewing everyone. He knew, including his wife christian, what had Brian told her about why he was living in panama. He told Kristin that he is going down to panama to decompress from after leaving the marine corps and that he was going with some marine corps. Friends did christian urge Brian to leave yvonne, no kristen didn't even know you ve already existed, so we lied to christian. Absolutely, apparently, all those lies didn't matter to christian into her. Brian is the greatest thing to ever happened. Anybody put that something she didn't want to share with us

forty eight hours knocked on her door, christian, percent, I'm ryan with CBS news We can talk. Meanwhile, as special agent masters took several investigative trips to panama, a different portrait of Brian premature emerge, we talked to many people that would socialized with members, and we learned about all the domestic violence that that he brought upon her. The choking dragging the bird. After speaking with friends and neighbors of yvonne and brian special,

and masters became certain that couple had a violent fight on november twenty six, two thousand and eleven after yvonne learn that Brian had fathered a child with christian argument folly, escalated and at some point Brian decided he was done with her and he was going to kill her crucial evidence was also discovered. An advanced laptop, the very computer masters saw when he first question Bryan about two weeks before her murder yvonne, took this disturbing selfie Follow, shows a massive black eye on her left eye and swelling in are left cheek in away from the grave yvonne helped you in this investigation, even helped us tell the story. Yes, absolutely and there was more chilean evidence. We found the yahoo searches and which is

just how to remove blood from a mattress. Did you do that? He did that about ten thirty in the morning the night after yvonne was murdered. Masters discovered even more evidence in costa rica. Brian is seeing withdrawing cash for me. Bonds account we able to obtain those atm photos. So we have brought using the yvonne's debit card to extract my from her up and master says there is no doubt that Brian used yvonne's laptop to send those gay males to her family. So we went looking for Brian premature again to get answers they Brian. I need to talk to you. How do you explain the fact that events in mail that said she was in costa rica that she sent to people was actually sent by you from here in california,

Can you answer that you knew she was dead when you sent that email didn't you run? If we really want you to talk to us answer, some questions is never said. A word never said a word to us. He will not answer any question and one about the bonds dog georgia may which had not in seen since she disappeared don winner has a fear. He knew that she loved that dog and that if the dog was running around, he knew that anything. She said about her taken off with some gotta costa rica. Everybody would when all was crap. So he added The doktor in his That's delegation, don winner, wittingly found a key piece of evidence on Brian's facebook page where he is

sold this machete after yvonne disappear. Immature made a comment about the life is like here that used to be mine. I brought it down with me I came down from the states and the chilling part. As you made a comment that said, I've only used to chop up one stripper, that's gesture special agent Andrew masters needs to get his hands on the machete to see if it were. Used any bonds murder. Incredibly, he was able to track down the person who bought it from Brian in panama. This is the machete, that's brian bar in the united states, and took down with him to panama, pick it up for pleasure, but the very heavy debts waited and It would inflict a lot of damage investigators. Have the machete, they had the email and they had caught Brian in multiple lie.

Soon someone would stumble upon the most important evidence of all. We seek answers justice and help summer. Two thousand thirteen- nearly two years have passed since yvonne delhi's disappearance feel like you're reading a book, a terrible, MR murder, mystery and there's no end to it. On june twenty six, two thousand and thirteen. The final chapter of this mystery began to unfold a former marine family member murdered his girlfriend. Before the f b. I special agent andrew masters, slapped the cuffs on Brian,

major. What did you say to him? You're under arrest said turnaround put your hands behind your back. He needed dance first gone: how did you learn that Brian had been arrested? Truth be told, I received detached text from my dad said they got the slb and I sat down in a sense of relief. Because now they believed us. Brian premature was charged with thirteen felonies relating to the cover up of yvonne's death, but not murder assistant. U s attorneys shane, Harrigan and mark con over word led prosecutors. At that point, without having found the body we didn't have quite enough to bring the murder charge, but that would Change human remains have been found on a panamanian island. A local worker clearance

Rush on the island were Brian uneven lived came upon this duffel bag and when he unbuckled the clasp he found yvonne's skeleton eyes remains by the time she was found. Two years later shoe it was only about a dna test confirmed it was evolve, means were found just a few hundred yards from where the family had spent days searching. I wanted to tell Michel personally when I first heard the possibility that they found on my first reaction was for me it's good news, because I just feel good. Can now this bastard, while the families prayers have been answered. An autopsy confirmed that hellish fact that yvonne had been dismembered. This is the act

device that was used to dismember, even the most likely cause of death was being stab in the back at least twice, despite overwhelming evidence and proof that bring had repeatedly, I'd his wife Christian continued to stand by him, Kristen Mary ass. Do you still believe in your husband's innocence? And you just tell us that the touch the camera, then for yvonne's family. Another cruel tragedy struck in the spring of two thousand and fourteen michelle, who had dedicated her life to finding justice for her sister now faced another deadly enemy. She was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, I'm still alive.

Fight for my life and I'm still alive to fight for my sister. This was michel in june of two thousand fourteen, and this was her just three months later. today going going to be given a deposition weakened by cancer and given just weeks to live if you Michel, a crucial witness agreed to tell her story. While she still could ryan bremiker would sit terrain billy across from her dinner, shade to know him smith s hand and who was brian perimeter said defended.

you see him in the courtroom here today has said it. Would you please point to him and describe where he was seated for the record. I think the end tat care michel passed out after the exhausting testimony. It was a courageous act of love for her sister it'd, be the last thing I get to do for her over and over and over again, because it'll be on camera. For days later, she died. it took years of diplomatic and legal wrangling, but an early too thousand fifteen. The government of Panama finally agreed to let Brian be tried for murder on american soil. We came to conclude

Is that the only way that Brian Bridger would face justice for his murderous act if he was charged and convicted here in the united states, bryant pleaded not guilty. The case was heading for while in two thousand sixteen, when invent the gators made another dramatic discovery, on blood and dna were found under the machetes handle. So these three screws were undone, the handle opens up any side. They find the right. They remove these three and just pulled it out here and conduct of the testing on the blade andean period portion of the handle, and I found blood whose blood he bought. Yvonne ball delicacies on bottom. This now is a slam dunk. You know that this is the tool used to dismember. Her is that that's made Brian finally realize he was not gonna get out of it

He was not going to way out it's over. It's done. He had clean the blade, but he hadn't clean underneath the handle, and it was that additional evidence than eight blue. Eventually led MR bremiker to plead guilty within a week, brimmer jerk, please guilty to second degree murder, while the other choice- just were dropped and lay at his sentencing finally admitted after nearly five years of lies to killing yvonne baldelli, and I think, if you look up in a dictionary evil and you see Brian's pictured, there is the ultimate carnet of evil. In my mind, in open court, premature apologize to yvonne's family, but his words rang hollow point where amateur con artist. He had our daughter khan. He had his new wife con. He had our family cant, he was able to live a double life, sometimes a triple lie, and people by what

but his action, so that he's not the person. He says that he is brian, was sentenced to twenty six years in federal prison with the king over yvonne's remains were returned to her family and laid to rest at sea.

To get her remains back and be able to give her a dignified resting place. I can sleep better at night, knowing that she's not rotting in some jungle or deep in the ocean somewhere, knowing that she loved the ocean, knowing that we able to put her in a place that she loved my partner home, and I know that that was thanks to a lot of work on a lot of unsung heroes. I know the Way the people were honored this day, yvonne and her beloved sister michelle, who battled a marine to the end and won she's, definitely a hero. She never gave up to our dying day. She gave all she had

kristen and brian premature or still continues to support and visit him in prison remedies. Prison term ends in February twenty thirty, seven, hey Brian members, you can listen to the forty eight hours podcast ad free on amazon, music, download, the amazon music ab today or you can listen ad, free with wondering, plus an apple pie. Gas before you go tell us about yourself by completing a short survey at wondering dog com. Sledge survey