Bruce Beresford-Redman, 'Survivor' Producer Accused Of Killing Wife, Ordered To Stand Trial By Mexico Judge

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a U.S. reality television producer to stand trial in the killing of his wife at a Cancun resort in 2010.

Quintana Roo state prosecutor Ludwin Vivas Arjona said the judge ruled there is enough evidence to try former "Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman.

Beresford-Redman's lawyers couldn't be reached for comment. The producer has said he is innocent.

The body of Monica Beresford-Redman was found in a sewer cistern at a swank resort during a family vacation. The couple had gone there with their young children in an attempt to save their marriage after she learned her husband was cheating on her.

The defendant was flown to Cancun last week escorted by nearly a dozen Mexican agents.

The U.S. Marshals Service turned the Emmy-nominated producer over to Mexican federal police after State Department officials signed a warrant clearing his extradition.

Beresford-Redman opted in December not to appeal a U.S. court ruling upholding his extradition.

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 Monica Beresford-Redman went missing.

The producer's lawyers have said that the noises came from Beresford-Redman and his children playing loud games throughout the night and add that there isn't any forensic evidence that he killed his wife.

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[biginsudan]

04:09 PM on 02/26/2012

A very detailed look at the damning evidence against Bruce Beresford-Redman, and the view of the Judge in Los Angeles who ruled in favor of extradition, can be found here: "The damning evidence against Bruce Beresford-Redman" -

http://lapoliticaeslapolitica.blogspot.com/2012/02/damning-evidence-against-bruce.html

[jillsmythe]

11:56 PM on 02/25/2012

One of Bruces friend said on the program that he was a nice person on his "boxing program" , but Bruce just does not seem to show remorse over the death of his wife and the mother of his kids. He talks alot, but it is all about him. He uses "I" in over half of his sentences. .

[jillsmythe]

11:49 PM on 02/25/2012

I think I heard on TV there was a pair of Bruce's sandals missing. I wonder if he killed his wife inside the hot tub without the water in it and then bleed her out there by standing on her. She could have scratched him when he first attached her and later got rid of his sandals and some towels probably because there was blood on them. Then he could have washed her off and all the evidence down the drain. He could have cut up all her credentials and flushed them down the toilet. Or if he got to throw out her purse then someone could have stolen her stuff from the purse. When he left her body in the room and took his kids out for the day, he could have been scouting for a place to put her body. The police said that it was impossible for anyone to take a body to the sewer without being seen, but at the same time, they also say someone had to have killed her there by the sewer and stuffed her in the sewer (which would have had to had been done, in that case, without being seen). I really think it is not a good idea to go out of the country with a spouse to work on you marriage, after one of you have been in a long term affair - one of you just might say the wrong thing. Do you know what I mean?

[biginsudan]

01:20 AM on 02/26/2012

I like your point: "The police said that it was impossible for anyone to take a body to the sewer without being seen, but at the same time, they also say someone had to have killed her there by the sewer and stuffed her in the sewer (which would have had to had been done, in that case, without being seen)." SOMEONE killed her without being seen, and placed her body within 100 yards of the room. That suggests either extreme luck or, in the matter of body disposal, pre-meditation. Bruce had a day to figure it out.

[jillsmythe]

09:55 PM on 02/26/2012

Yes, exactly. And the bled out part, still makes me think there could be a connection there with that large Jacuzzi tub that was inside Bruce’s hotel room. Too many holes in all this so far. I hope a good autopsy was done. It was also said, on the program, that he asked to have her cremated, but it was not done. Anyway, I hope they check the drain, although I think most hot tubs use a lot of chlorine.

[biginsudan]

03:57 PM on 02/22/2012

For a more detailed look at foreigners in Mexican prisons - including Bruce Beresford-Redman - see
"In Mexico, guilt by association is often enough"...You can find the article here:

http://lapoliticaeslapolitica.blogspot.com/2012/02/in-mexico-guilt-by-association-is-often.html