Bruce Beresford-Redman was the co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Pimp My Ride and a former producer of Survivor. He grew up in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey and attended Pascack Hills High School with show co-creator Rick Hurvitz. [1] He graduated from New College of Florida in Sarasota, Florida. He is the son of David and Juanita Beresford-Redman.

On April 8, 2010, Beresford-Redman's wife, Monica, was found dead at the Moon Palace resort in Cancun, Mexico, where their family was vacationing. Later that day, Beresford-Redman was detained and questioned by police as a person of interest in his wife's death. Beresford-Redman was released by police during the early morning hours of April 8, on the condition that he not leave Mexico while the investigation of Monica's death continues. A witness at the hotel claims to have seen the couple arguing on April 4, and Beresford-Redman was reportedly seen with scratches on his body. Monica Beresford-Redman's cause of death has not yet been determined.

On April 9, 2010, The Los Angeles Times reported that Monica had been strangled and her body dumped in a sewer near where the couple was staying. [2][3][4][5] She was born Monica Burgos on 08 April 1969 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The couple had 2 children, Alex and Camilla. On the 31st of May of 2010, Mexico issued an arrest warrant on Beresford-Redman for the supposed murder of his wife while Mexican prosecutors initiate extradition proceedings to return Beresford-Redman back to Mexico to be "tried." [6]

On November 16, 2010, CNN reported that Beresford-Redman had been arrested by U.S. marshals in Los Angeles on a warrant from Mexico.[7]

References

  1. ^ Meisel, Melissa. "MTV's Tangerine-Flake, Streamline Baby, via New Jersey", The New York Times, June 26, 2005. Accessed August 2, 2007. " MTV's popular (and radical) car makeover show, which is just starting its second full season, was created by two Woodcliff Lake natives who never got over the culture of the high school parking lot. In 1989, Beresford-Redman drove a Cadillac hearse, while his buddy Rick Hurvitz piloted a 1972 lime-green Oldsmobile Delta 88. 'As far as we know, everybody appreciated the irony,' Beresford-Redman said of his Pascack Hills classmates in a recent e-mail exchange."
  2. ^ "'Survivor' Producer 'Suspected' in Wife's Death in Mexico". Fox News. April 8, 2010.
  3. ^ Castillo, E. Eduardo (2010-04-08). "TV producer a person of interest in wife's death". MSNBC. Associated Press.
  4. ^ Kate Linthicum; Cecila Sanchez (2010-04-08). "For reality TV producer and his family, Cancun trip ends in tragedy". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ "Alor: No hubo flagrancia, por eso liberamos al productor de TV" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  6. ^ MSNBC website
  7. ^ "'Survivor' Producer Arrested in Los Angeles", CNN.com (November 16, 2010)

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