On the afternoon of December 22, 2010, 17 days after Barbara Struncova was last seen, Bill Ulmer also disappeared.
He was last seen by a room mate, sitting at a bus stop with a small back pack and wearing long pants–a sure sign that someone at the beach is headed out of town. The surprised room mate asked him where he was going. Reportedly flustered, Bill replied that he was waiting for the private shuttle bus to the capital because he needed to pay the driver directly in cash for a client transfer.
That was Bill’s last conversation in Tamarindo.
The shuttle company, when contacted, reported no pick-ups in the name of Bill Ulmer, but they did report the pick-up of a white foreigner named “Steve York” at that spot, at that time, on that day. Curious that Bill has a cousin by that name–one who has never been to Costa Rica.
Barbara at the beach. July 2010
Read other days:
Hablando Sola / Talking to Myself 