(Miami Herald) PANAMA CITY, Panama — The family of an American woman is searching for any clues to her disappearance from Bocas del Toro islands five months ago.
Yvonne Baldelli, then age 41, arrived on the islands off Panama’s Caribbean coast from Laguna Niguel, California in September. She and her boyfriend, Brian Brimager, began settling into island life, renting a waterfront apartment in Casa del Sapo on Carenero Island. Brimager, a former U.S. marine, played music in the local bars, and by all accounts, Baldelli was loving life.
Her mother last heard from her in an email in late November. Until then, she had written regularly, sending photos and telling her family how happy she was in her island paradise.
In early December, Brimager told acquaintances that Baldelli had left him and that he was returning to Southern California, describing himself as “another local sad story.” According to his Facebook page at the time, he left Bocas del Toro on December 10, passed through Costa Rica and laid over in Atlanta on December 12.
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