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This is part seven of an on-the-ground investigation into the mysterious deaths of Chris Kramer's

and the San Frune, two young women who died in the jungle of Panama in 2014.

What happened to Chris and the San? Was it a hiking accident? A double murder or something else altogether?

I'm Maria Natanzio. In this series, I traveled to the small town of Boquete with Jeremy

Crite from the Daily Beast to reinvestigate this case eight years later.

After speaking with Margarita, the mother of the murdered Osman Valenzuela,

we take a breath and re-evaluate where we are in our investigation.

For the first time, we have a complete salient theory of the deaths of Chris and the San.

What happened and who's involved? And it seems to account for all of the loose ends.

Margarita says that Chris and the San were intercepted on their pianista hike by members of a

local bandilla, a group of guys, specifically Tito, Edwin, Murgas and Cuervo. She says they were

then brought back to Cuervo's house in Palo Alto where they were assaulted and killed.

Margarita's story seems more than convincing. It lines up with a disturbing pattern of

femicide in the region and it fits the evidence. We found a secret trail connecting the Mirador to

Palo Alto where Cuervo lives. That's how Chris and the San could have made it to Cuervo's house

unseen. And we spotted a mango tree in Cuervo's yard where Margarita says the women were buried.

If the women were killed and dismembered in Palo Alto and their murderers planted only a fraction

of their remains in the jungle, that could explain why so few of their bones were recovered.

And if Feliciano's son Tito is involved, it makes sense that Feliciano is everywhere.

Because what Margarita's talking about is a cover-up. Margarita says not only did the

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