The conflicting reports concerning Bernard's death stemmed from a man with the same name dying (of heart attack, I believe) in Florida shortly after RB's first videos came online.
There have been at least 3 now.
For further corroboration, suggest checking out Anneke Lucas, Toos Nijenhuis, Fiona Barnett, the horrific Dutroux affair to see some of the long running depravity in the European and Australian regions.
In the USA, Cathy O'Brien and Brice Taylor tell near identical stories involving US politicians.
For powerful video interviews, Paul Bonacci and Troy Boner were both videotaped by Gary Caradori (who was himself killed, along with his 9 year old son).
More recent online interviews of Greg Bucceroni tell of the Sandusky-related rings operating in the northeast.
Spending some time watching these interviews, one can see an enormous amount of interlocking, mutually reinforcing facts that span many years across the entire globe.