The former producer of castaway reality TV show, Survivor, has been released from prison in Mexico after serving seven years for murdering his wife. Bruce Beresford-Redman (left) was convicted in 2012 of strangling his wife, Monica Burgos (right), and dumping her body in a sewer on the grounds of the Moon Palace Hotel in Cancun (inset).
He had reported her missing from their hotel, but investigators working on the case said Burgos died after a ‘violent confrontation’. Beresford-Redman returned to the Southern California after his wife’s body was found, but was extradited from the US in 2012.
Despite maintaining his innocence, he was found guilty at trial where he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He was released early, on June 20, with credit for ‘good behavior’ and after paying $2,000 restitution. Under Mexican law, prisoners are eligible for release after serving 60 percent of a sentence.
Beresford-Redman, who is back living in Southern California with his mother and two children, told reporters at his home on Monday that he had ‘no comment’ on his release.
Former Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, who was convicted of killing his wife and stuffing her body in a sewer while they were on holiday in Mexico with their kids, is freed after just seven years for ‘good behavior’
- Bruce Beresford-Redman was sentenced to 12 years after for murdering his wife, Monica Burgos in April 2010
- The couple were on holiday with their children in Cancun when she was killed
- Beresford-Redman said the ‘screams and crying’ heard by others in the hotel on April 5 were from a game they were playing with their son, then aged 3
- Authorities found her stuffed in a hotel sewage pipe, naked, bruised and beaten three days later – on what would have been Burgos’ 42nd birthday
- The 48-year-old was extradited from the US for his trial in 2012, where he was found guilty
- The former Survivor producer was released early with ‘credit for good behavior’
- He was spotted outside his home in Southern California on Monday but declined to comment
The former producer of the castaway reality TV show, Survivor, has been released from prison in Mexico after serving just seven years of a 12-year sentence for murdering his wife and stuffing her body in a sewer.
Mexican authorities convicted Bruce Beresford-Redman in 2012 for the murder of his wife Monica Burgos at a Cancun resort, while they were on holiday.
Authorities found her naked body stashed in a sewer in April 2010 with signs that she had been beaten and strangled.
The court sentenced Beresford-Redman, now 48, to 12 years in Mexican jail.
After serving seven and a half years, he was released on June 20, with credit for good behavior, and paid $2,000 restitution. Under Mexican law, prisoners are eligible for release after serving 60 percent of a sentence.
Beresford-Redman is now living in Southern California with his mother and two children. ……More Here