Monica Beresford-Redman_the "Survivor" murder

[Lady Cop]

i watched 48 Hours last night, and now i'm pretty interested in how this trial comes out in Mexico. i haven't yet made up my mind as to husband's guilt, i want to hear all the evidence.

CANCUN, Mexico (CBS) — An attorney for former “Survivor” producer Bruce Beresford-Redman says his client fainted when a Mexican judge ordered him to stand trial.
he faces 12-30 years in a mexican shithole.












video reports:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7399893n

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A U.S. reality TV producer potentially facing up to 30 years in prison today spoke out from a Mexican jail cell to insist he didn’t kill his wife, who was found dead in a sewer cistern during a family holiday.

Bruce Beresford-Redman, 40, of Los Angeles, California, has been ordered to stand trial over the killing of his wife Monica Beresford-Redman, 42, at a luxury Cancun resort in April 2010.

The Contender and Survivor producer allegedly strangled her and left her body in a sewer - but he told CBS News that his wife went out shopping one morning on the holiday and never returned.

‘I didn't kill my wife, I really didn't,’ he told 48 Hours Mystery on CBS. ‘I can't imagine how anyone who listened to everything said could possibly think I had anything to do with killing my wife.’

Mrs Beresford-Redman’s body was found when the couple were on holiday with their young children in an attempt to save their marriage, after she learned her husband was cheating on her.


"It was her birthday,’ the Emmy-nominated producer told CBS for the show on Saturday at 10pm ET. ‘It was a family trip. And we just said: “Look, let's just go and have a good time” - and that was it.’

Part of the evidence in the case includes statements from hotel guests who said they heard loud arguing and cries of distress coming from the couple's room on the night she went missing,

But his lawyer insists that the noises came from Mr Beresford-Redman and his children playing loud games throughout the night, adding that there isn't any forensic evidence that his client killed her.

Mr Beresford-Redman said it is ‘ludicrous and completely false’ for prosecutors to suggest he killed his wife and left her in a hotel room for the whole day while he went in and out with his children.

A Mexican judge ordered the trial last Wednesday after deciding there was enough evidence to go ahead with it - but Jaime Cancino, defending, said his client was ‘distraught’ by the ruling and passed out when it was made.

‘It's something very strange because there is no evidence in the case,’ Mr Cancino said, adding that he would appeal the order, announced by Quintana Roo state prosecutor Ludwin Vivas Arjona.

The defendant was flown to Cancun earlier this month escorted by nearly a dozen Mexican agents, after the U.S. Marshals Service turned him over to Mexican police following an extradition warrant.

He opted in December not to appeal a U.S. court ruling upholding his extradition. Prosecutors claim he wanted to kill his wife to gain sole custody of his children and collect insurance money.

Mr Beresford-Redman worked on 48 episodes of the competition reality show Survivor between February 2002 and May 2004, while he also helped produce hit MTV car series Pimp My Ride.

‘Am I a survivor or not?’ Mr Beresford-Redman told CBS. ‘I think very much remains to be seen.’ well there's a pretty arrogant comment from him. it's no time for "humor".

[Lady Cop]

with his girlfriend joy pierce





Jeane Burgos, sister of Monica Beresford-Redman,



Monica and children



her body arrives in US. he wanted her cremated



naked body found in this mexican sewer



extradited

[Lady Cop]

i've wondered what was going on with this case. finally going to trial?



New photos have emerged of Bruce Beresford-Redman, the Emmy-nominated reality TV producer who is awaiting trial on charges that he murdered his wife an dumped her body in a sewer while the pair were on vacation in Cancun, Mexico, with their young children.

After four months in a Mexican jail, Mr Beresford-Redman looks despondent and gaunt behind plexiglass, steel bars and wire mesh.

The pictures were taken on Monday during a jailhouse court appearance on the murder charge, his fourth since he was arrested at his home in Los Angeles and extradited to Mexico in February.

extradition



yesterday in mexican court

[Cheyne]

I did a little digging and found this article:

February 1, 2011

Documents gathered in the investigation into the death of the wife of former TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman reveal that Monica Beresford-Redman may have been punched in the face before she was asphyxiated while the family was on vacation in Cancun, Mexico.

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Hotel records show that an electronic key was used nine times between midnight and 7 a.m. when Monica Beresford-Redman was reported missing. Investigators also said that the room the couple stayed in had a view of the sewage tank where her body was found.

According to the complaint and extradition request, a forensic expert found traces of blood on sheets left in the room, as well as on a pillar and the balcony railing.

Either Bruce killed her or there are a lot of coincidences here. I haven't decided on his guilt or innocence at this point, hope there will be coverage of this trial by US MSM.

[Lady Cop]

tonight, sat. ⁹⁄₂₂

48 Hours Mystery
Episode: Fatal Episode, the Producer's Story
NEW

From a Mexican prison, a former reality-TV producer accused of brutally murdering his wife discusses the case and his pre-trial hearing.

10:00 - 11:00 PM CBS