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Feb 7, 2018 · In this aerial shot, the 50,000 square foot home John and Ann Bender built can be seen sitting on top of a hill deep in the Costa Rican rain forest.
Apr 24, 2013 · We still don't know exactly what happened between John and Ann Bender on the night of January 7, 2010. But photos of the couple give insight into their isolated lives and their lavish,...
- The Death of John Bender
- Examining The Forensics
- Searching For The Truth
- A Dramatic Twist
"I'm sure this seems as real to you as it did that night," Spencer said to Ann Bender, standing in the room where her husband died. "So what happened?" "John brought a gun to bed," she replied. It was Jan. 7, 2010. "I opened my eyes and I saw the outline of the trigger of the gun ... and he had it pointed at his head ... at himself..." she said. Ho...
The Benders' friend, Paul Meyer, visited Ann in the hospital just days after her arrival. She weighed 84 pounds. "She literally looked like someone who had just walked out of a concentration camp," he said. Sick or not, Ann Bender was already investigators' number one murder suspect. Police confiscated her clothes and her computer. But it's unclear...
After her acquittal, Ann Bender hoped for a new start. She never thought of leaving Costa Rica, moving instead to a small apartment. When the trust stopped paying her bills, friends and family helped. She began dating a new boyfriend, another American, named Greg Fischer. "She has never not done what this court system has asked her to do. Never not...
Immediately after being sentenced, Ann Bender appealed her conviction. "There's no evidence that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that I killed John. The evidence doesn't exist," she told Susan Spencer. "48 Hours" met with Ann six weeks later in prison. "I'm still surviving and I refuse to give up. I'm just not going to," said Ann. And giving up in...
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Sep 3, 2013 · The only known photograph of John Bender, taken in Colorado. The wanted poster in Kansas described him as: “…five feet eight or nine inches in height, slightly built, gray eyes with brownish tint, brown hair, light moustache….”
John and Ann Bender's life in paradise. A look at the life the couple created at Boracayan -- their nature reserve deep in the Costa Rican jungle. 211. 48 comments. 13 shares. Like. Comment. Share. Most relevant.
Sep 24, 2014 · Inside Ann and John Bender's Costa Rican dream home. What's it like to live in a home with no walls or windows on a mountaintop in the jungle? "48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer tours...
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May 7, 2013 · John was naked in the bed he shared with Ann, who was then 39. The cause of death was a single pistol shot to the back of the head. The only witness to the shooting was Ann, who’d spent a dozen...
