WORLD FAMOUS TREASURE HUNTER KILLED

A tragedy in Panama:

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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - On Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 61 year old Bo Kjaer-Olsen, who held citizenship from both the United States and Denmark, was shot and killed on his 70 foot sailboat the "Altares" while at anchor near Bajo Pipon in the Republic of Panama. The bullet hit an artery in his leg and he bled to death. In the attack Bo's son Zacharias Kjaer-Olsen was also shot. Zach remains hospitalized in David and has undergone surgery to repair the damage done however a bullet remains lodged near his spine and he might require further surgery. Zach's 27 year old wife Sujey Rodr?guez from Chiriqui was also attacked and severely beaten in the face. When the news first broke of this incident I spoke to some people from the boating community near Pedregal. Not too long ago Bo decided to move his boat further away from Pedregal and he was anchored in front of Bajo Pipon. The Platanal and Chiriqui rivers merge just below Pedregal, and Bajo Pipon is just outside of the mouth of the river. The point being - he was anchored about 7.7 miles downstream from the docks in Pedregal - further away from assistance as well as any kind of police protection. Bo Kjaer-Olsen was a famous salvage diver and treasure hunter who probably had about $200,000 dollars worth of 17th Century Spanish gold on his boat, enough to lure the five men who attacked his family and killed him.

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That is so sad...
I guess all of us need to take care in this day and age..... 


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Hello . It is the most Terrible thing to happen for any Family !! When you find Treasure's in this day and age you cannot say a word to anyone till it is locked away in a Bank vault . The Family may have been watched closely before this happened . Hope all the criminals are caught .

Regards.........Eugene

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http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,16252.msg104352.html#msg104352

How awful! I hope they recover, too. I thought the 'Skeleton Holds Billions' was interesting. Thanks for sharing it with us, Salvor. Sue

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