Spain ANA KNEZEVICH: Missing from Madrid, Spain - 2 Feb 2024 - Age 40 *ARREST*

‘She has been taken against her will’: Missing Florida Woman Vanishes in Madrid After Unknown Man Blacks Out Security Cameras

A 40-year-old Florida woman temporarily living in Madrid amid her divorce has gone missing. Ana Knezevich was last seen on February 2 at around 10 p.m. at her Madrid apartment. Friend Sanna Rameau told 7News Miami that Ana had planned to meet a friend a few days into her visit, but failed to...

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‘She has been taken against her will’: Missing Florida Woman Vanishes in Madrid After Unknown Man Blacks Out Security Cameras​

A 40-year-old Florida woman temporarily living in Madrid amid her divorce has gone missing.

Ana Knezevich was last seen on February 2 at around 10 p.m. at her Madrid apartment. Friend Sanna Rameau told 7News Miami that Ana had planned to meet a friend a few days into her visit, but failed to show up.

Ramaeu added that a suspicious man wearing a helmet tampered with the surveillance cameras outside and inside the elevator of Ana’s apartment building by blacking them out. The same person then proceeded to walk into Ana’s apartment.

That same night, Ana told Rameau that she intended to stay home due to the cold weather. The next day, Rameau received a supposed message from Ana, claiming that she had met someone and that they were heading to a summer house around two hours away.

“We received very bizarre messages from her phone, I have to say from her phone because I don’t believe it was her sending it, that Saturday afternoon after she disappeared. That she had met a man on the street,” Rameau explained.

“When we tried to respond, the messages were not going through and the phone is off. She has not left on her own. She has been taken against her will and by who, I don’t know.”

Ana Knezevich is a U.S Citizen who had an apartment in Madrid #SPAIN to stay at during her visit. She is #MISSING after suspicious circumstances!

February 2, 2024: A suspicious man wearing a helmet tampered with the surveillance cameras outside and inside the elevator of Ana’s apartment building by blacking them out. The same person then proceeded to walk into Ana’s apartment.

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Search for missing South Florida woman in Spain intensifies as FBI works with Spanish authorities - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

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Search for missing South Florida woman in Spain intensifies as FBI works with Spanish authorities​

The search intensified for a South Florida woman who went missing in Spain earlier this year.

The Spanish National Police posted video of officers in Madrid working with FBI agents scouring wooded areas, canals and streams looking for clues to find Ana Knezevich.


Her estranged husband David Knezevich faces a kidnapping charge in connection with her disappearance.

He was back in court for his arraignment on Monday afternoon.

“All I can say is I hope before we come back next week, you heard the FBI agent last week testify. There’s a very active investigation going on in Spain right now looking for her and I can only hope that she either comes in, or she’s found for David’s sake, before we go to court,” said David’s attorney Jayne Weintraub.

 

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[GrandmaBear]

it was inappropriate and maybe she shouldn't be wisecracking with him then with a devastated family present. typical defense lawyer.

 

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Surveillance images released; authorities say they’re proof man was involved in wife’s disappearance

Court documents reveal surveillance images that authorities say show the estranged husband of a South Florida woman, who is charged in connection with her disappearance.

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Surveillance images released; authorities say they’re proof man was involved in wife’s disappearance​

Court documents reveal surveillance images that authorities say show the estranged husband of a South Florida woman, who is charged in connection with her disappearance.

David Knezevich, also known as Dusan Knezevic, is charged with one count of kidnapping.

Police say the images show the woman’s husband purchasing spray paint and duct tape at a store in Madrid before spray-painting a security camera at the victim’s apartment building.

The images from the apartment building show the suspect wearing a helmet and mask to obscure his identity, but the man’s eyes and eyebrows are clearly visible.

 

[GrandmaBear]

IDIOT. Murdering one. But an IDIOT. Nice helmet.

 

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Florida man pleads not guilty to kidnapping missing wife from her apartment in Spain

A Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors questioned his sale of several properties shortly before she disappeared, saying millions in proceeds would allow him to flee if he were released on bail.

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Florida man pleads not guilty to kidnapping missing wife from her apartment in Spain​

A Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors questioned his sale of several properties shortly before she disappeared, saying millions in proceeds would allow him to flee if he were released on bail.

David Knezevich, 36, entered his plea during a brief hearing at Miami's federal courthouse. He was arrested by the FBI on May 4 at Miami International Airport as he returned from his native Serbia. He is charged federally with kidnapping his 40-year-old wife, Ana Hedao Knezevich, who remains missing in a case that has drawn international media attention. He is jailed without bond.

Prosecutors and Ana Knezevich's family believe the naturalized American from Colombia is dead, though her husband has not been charged with killing her. Prosecutors in court filings have called the evidence against him "strong."

But Jayne Weintraub, Knezevich's attorney, has questioned the evidence and plans to seek his release.

In court filings late last week, prosecutors argued that Knezevich should remain jailed pending his trial, saying he is both a danger to the community and a flight risk.

The Fort Lauderdale resident, who has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Serbia, sold six South Florida rental homes to one buyer in the month before Ana Knezevich disappeared from her Madrid apartment on Feb. 2. He sold another to a second buyer three weeks after, Broward County records show.

The seven sales grossed $6 million. The sales include David Knezevich supplying large second mortgages to the buyers, an arrangement prosecutors say could give him enough money to flee the country if they were paid off.

Weintraub disputed that, telling The Associated Press in an interview last week that her client has few liquid assets - the second mortgages don't come due until 2027. Those liquid assets he does have are now tied up in a court case filed by his wife's relatives, she said. The couple, who also owned a computer firm, have been married 13 years.

"He didn't get cash" from the property sales, she said. "It is not accurate to say he has access to significant means."


Weintraub said Monday that her client still hopes his wife will turn up safe "and this nightmare" will end.

 

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Ana Knezevich latest: Search for body of missing US expat continues in Spain while police in Serbia examine car used by husband - Olive Press News Spain

POLICE in Spain are still searching for the body of missing American expat Ana Knezevich, 40, who disappeared from her apartment in Madrid on February 2

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ANA KNEZEVICH LATEST: SEARCH FOR BODY OF MISSING US EXPAT CONTINUES IN SPAIN WHILE POLICE IN SERBIA EXAMINE CAR USED BY HUSBAND​

POLICE in Spain are still searching for the body of missing American expat Ana Knezevich, 40, who disappeared from her apartment in Madrid on February 2 and has not been heard from since.

Her estranged husband, David Knezevich, 36, is being held in custody in the United States without bail on suspicion of her kidnapping.

Police in his native Serbia, meanwhile, are currently examining a rental car that he drove all the way from that country to Spain around the time that Knezevich disappeared.


Until Ana Knezevich’s body is found, David cannot be charged with murder.

In a bid to locate it, the authorities in Spain have been in contact with the police in France, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia, which are the countries David had to drive through on his journey to and from Madrid.

In Serbia, meanwhile, investigators are focussing on the rental vehicle that he used.

On January 29, he rented a blue Peugeot 308, according to Spanish television channel Telecinco.

That vehicle was returned late by David, and before he did so he advised the company that he had had to ‘tint the windows’ because the sun was bothering him.

He eventually returned the car on March 15, at which point staff could see that he had driven a total of 7,700 kilometres.

Police officers from Spain, the United States and Serbia have since been examining the car, taking samples from inside.

According to press reports, stained clothing has been discovered inside, while investigators are also focusing on whether he switched number plates while the car was in his possession.

Officers have also been examining where his cellphone was during the journey in a bid to locate Ana’s body.

In the meantime, the family of Ana Knezevich, continues to wait anxiously for any breakthroughs in the case.

 

[GrandmaBear]

He can't be charged in the US if her body isn't found? That's not true. Or are we just holding him and international or other country's rules make that the case or they have jurisdiction?

so he drove over 7,000 kilometers. Wow. And returned the car with windows tinted, WHO does that...?! It's not your car so clearly a reason. And you return a car and leave stained clothing in it, how dumb are you?

Odd. Clearly thought he was smart with renting a car and traveling through other countries but then so dumb.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Brother of missing woman in Spain urges judge to deny bond for estranged husband charged with kidnapping after decision delayed - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

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Brother of missing woman in Spain urges judge to deny bond for estranged husband charged with kidnapping after decision delayed​

The family of a woman who went missing in Spain is criticizing a judge’s decision to delay whether her estranged husband who was charged with kidnapping should be granted bond.


A press conference was held on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale with Ana’s brother, Felipe Henao.


“There’s a mountain of evidence. No one has ever seen or heard from Ana since the day that her estranged husband secretly drove across the continent and is seen disabling her security,” said Henao’s attorney.

Henao wants David to remain in jail.

The FBI back in May, convinced a federal judge to deny David bond as his case makes his way through the courts.

According to David’s attorneys, the evidence against him is not strong enough to keep him in jail.

That is something that Henao disagrees with.

“Suddenly, everyone thinks that the case is weak,” Henao’s attorney said. “The case is very, very strong against Mr. Knezevich.”

A judge is expected to have a hearing on the matter soon and could rule on David’s request for bond anytime after that point.

 

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Ana Knezevich’s brother’s lawyer: Case against estranged husband ‘strong’​

The brother of missing woman Ana Knezevich Henao and his lawyer questioned recent court developments in the case against his sister’s estranged husband at a news conference Thursday.

In particular, Felipe Henao‘s attorney Adam Ingber said the last court hearing should have focused on if the defendant has enough money to flee, and his financial situation. Instead, he said, it was centered around evidence.

Ingber said he knows Ana Knezevich Henao’s husband, David Knezevich, received millions of dollars in real estate transactions that he claims he no longer has.

“The case is very, very strong against Mr. Knezevich, and we know that justice will be done,” Ingber said. “We want to focus at this point on the flight risk and these millions of dollars that he has access to.”

The Miami Herald reported that David Knezevich’s lawyers, meanwhile, argue that the absence of forensic evidence showing a struggle between the couple before Ana Knezevich Henao went missing should pave the way for him to be released on bail.

 

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Ana Maria Knezevich missing: Federal authorities say no blood found at scene where Florida woman disappeared

Federal authorities are backtracking after newly disclosed evidence showed that no blood was found at the scene where Ana Maria Knezevich disappeared.

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Ana Maria Knezevich missing: Federal authorities say no blood found at scene where Florida woman disappeared​

Federal and international authorities are reportedly backtracking after saying that newly disclosed evidence showed that no blood was found at the Spain apartment where a Florida woman vanished.

According to the Miami Herald, lawyers for her husband, David Knezevich, are pushing back against the prosecution's case due to the alleged lack of forensic evidence found at the scene.

"There was no blood, no struggle ... no sign of foul play," Knezevich’s lead attorney, Jayne Weintraub, said. "He’s being detained in a United States court for something that happened in Spain — if it happened in Spain."

At a recent hearing, Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres said that the evidence was "challengeable," pointing to the absence of blood evidence found at the Madrid apartment.

 

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Ana Maria Knezevich missing: Federal authorities say no blood found at scene where Florida woman disappeared

Federal authorities are backtracking after newly disclosed evidence showed that no blood was found at the scene where Ana Maria Knezevich disappeared.

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Ana Maria Knezevich missing: Federal authorities say no blood found at scene where Florida woman disappeared​

Federal and international authorities are reportedly backtracking after saying that newly disclosed evidence showed that no blood was found at the Spain apartment where a Florida woman vanished.

According to the Miami Herald, lawyers for her husband, David Knezevich, are pushing back against the prosecution's case due to the alleged lack of forensic evidence found at the scene.

"There was no blood, no struggle ... no sign of foul play," Knezevich’s lead attorney, Jayne Weintraub, said. "He’s being detained in a United States court for something that happened in Spain — if it happened in Spain."

At a recent hearing, Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres said that the evidence was "challengeable," pointing to the absence of blood evidence found at the Madrid apartment.

Ummmmmm, not everything bad that happens draws blood.

 

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"There was no blood, no struggle ... no sign of foul play," Knezevich’s lead attorney, Jayne Weintraub, said. "He’s being detained in a United States court for something that happened in Spain — if it happened in Spain."

Because the crime happened to an American citizen abroad, US federal authorities should have the right to prosecute that.
I don't think Spain has even requested that he be extradited to them for prosecution.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Ummmmmm, not everything bad that happens draws blood.

No SH*T.

I am so over this desire and need for forensic evidence. It certainly does not always exist and criminals of course try to leave as little as possible if they have a brain cell in their head.

It's one thing for an average citizen to think all should be like CSI but it is disgusting for a judge to view things the same way.

He is most definitely a flight risk. He is already an inter-continent traveler just to commit murder and think such would hide the fact he did it (I.e.,, he was in another country at the time).

Major money involved.

I can't help but wonder if any of that money has greased some "magistrate's" hands.

More than enough to retire and make it worth it and lead him to make it look like it's about lack of forensic evidence as he moves towards bond.

He had BETTER NOT, this should not even be a question but then, apparently it is...

While he is not convicted I have to say this one has always seemed quite obvious as to the one with plenty of motive and they found the evidence to arrest him after some time.

There is almost NO forensic evidence in Daybell either. Yet tons of evidence.

It's one thing and bad enough that many average people expect such but it is not believable for a judge to suddenly go this route, or seem to be leading up to such.

Imo.

 

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Spanish police expanding their search for missing Fort Lauderdale woman​

A desperate search for answers in the case of a Fort Lauderdale woman who went missing in Madrid back in February has taken a new turn.

Spanish police on Thursday said they’re now expanding their search for Ana Knezevich to a wooded area in northern Italy.

Foreign police, FBI search wooded area in Italy for missing Fort Lauderdale woman

Multiple police forces, bulldozers and dogs have descended on an old road in northern Italy over the past two days, local news reports say, searching for any sign of Ana Henao Knezevich, the Fort L…

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Foreign police, FBI search wooded area in Italy for missing Fort Lauderdale woman​

Multiple police forces, bulldozers and dogs have descended on an old road in a wooded area of northern Italy over the past two days, local news reports say, searching for any sign of Ana Henao Knezevich, the Fort Lauderdale woman who disappeared in Madrid over six months ago.

On Wednesday, Spanish Police announced on X, in Spanish, that first responders had traveled to the province of Vicenza to “participate in a search effort coordinated by the Italian authorities.” Those include members of the Polizia di Stato, one of the country’s national polices, firefighters, local authorities and the Rome Office of the FBI.

They have focused their efforts along the old Costo road in the small town of Cogollo del Cengio, Italian newspapers and TV stations reported. The town’s mayor ordered the closure of a dirt road located in a wooded area leading to the Costo road, according to some local reports.


Ana Knezevich’s family told reporters last week that several countries are participating in the search including Spain, France, Italy, and Serbia, all countries that David Knezevich could have traveled through. In May, Spanish Police posted an update with a video showing officers and FBI agents combing through grass and wading through murky water in Spain.

Both Wednesday and Thursday, investigators ended their search without appearing to find anything, according to local news reports. Amills didn’t know whether the investigation would continue in the same location Friday.

 

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Judge decides again to detain Florida husband accused of kidnapping wife missing in Spain
For the second time, a judge has ruled that a Fort Lauderdale man accused of kidnapping his estranged wife in Spain amid a divorce battle over millions must remain in jail because he views him as a “serious flight risk” before his federal trial in Miami.

Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres concluded Monday “there is ample evidence” to support the kidnapping case against David Knezevich, 36, a native of Serbia, whose lawyers had asked the judge to reconsider his initial detention order after the defendant’s arrest in May at Miami International Airport.

“Indeed, the evidence produced at the second hearing supports the Court’s original finding that [Knezevich] presents a serious risk of flight given the cunning level of deception that he has demonstrated as part of the crime he is alleged to have engaged in,” Torres ruled in a 17-page order.

Torres also rejected the defense’s “attack” that prosecutors have no jurisdiction to bring the kidnapping charge in Miami because the crime allegedly happened in Spain, saying their initial evidence supported the case. His ruling seemed to focus more on the viability of the prosecution’s case than on whether the defendant would appear for trial if he were granted bail with strict conditions.


While Knezevich’s defense team plans to appeal to U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, who is presiding over the high-profile case, it remains unlikely that Knezevich would be released from a federal lock-up before trial.

 

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Judge decides again to detain Florida husband accused of kidnapping wife missing in Spain
For the second time, a judge has ruled that a Fort Lauderdale man accused of kidnapping his estranged wife in Spain amid a divorce battle over millions must remain in jail because he views him as a “serious flight risk” before his federal trial in Miami.

Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres concluded Monday “there is ample evidence” to support the kidnapping case against David Knezevich, 36, a native of Serbia, whose lawyers had asked the judge to reconsider his initial detention order after the defendant’s arrest in May at Miami International Airport.

“Indeed, the evidence produced at the second hearing supports the Court’s original finding that [Knezevich] presents a serious risk of flight given the cunning level of deception that he has demonstrated as part of the crime he is alleged to have engaged in,” Torres ruled in a 17-page order.

Torres also rejected the defense’s “attack” that prosecutors have no jurisdiction to bring the kidnapping charge in Miami because the crime allegedly happened in Spain, saying their initial evidence supported the case. His ruling seemed to focus more on the viability of the prosecution’s case than on whether the defendant would appear for trial if he were granted bail with strict conditions.


While Knezevich’s defense team plans to appeal to U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, who is presiding over the high-profile case, it remains unlikely that Knezevich would be released from a federal lock-up before trial.

Good news!

 

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Prosecutors near decision on death penalty for Broward husband of missing wife in Madrid

Federal prosecutors might soon charge a Fort Lauderdale man with killing his estranged wife in Spain on top of the initial kidnapping offense — a legal move that would include the possibility of pursuing the death penalty, according to court records.

David Knezevich, 36, a native of Serbia, has been locked up in a federal jail in Miami on the kidnapping charge, stemming from the disappearance of his wife, Ana Knezevich Henao, in early February from her Madrid apartment while the couple was going through a difficult divorce. That offense carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Prosecutors told a federal judge in recent court papers that “the United States is evaluating whether to pursue capital-eligible offenses in this case,” indicating “the decision will be made, at the latest, by early December.”

The question of whether prosecutors would charge Knezevich with killing his 40-year-old wife has been hanging over the highly publicized case since his arrest in May at Miami International Airport upon his return from Serbia. The feds hinted at their answer in court papers last month as defense attorneys continued to pressure prosecutors to turn over more evidence in the largely circumstantial case, which is set for trial in February but is likely to be postponed, court records show.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams has tried to prod the prosecutors to make up their minds about pursuing a capital case, ordering them in October to “advise” the defendant and his attorneys of their plan to seek the death penalty — or not.

If prosecutors do, they would have to return to the federal grand jury in Miami and ask the secret panel to add the charge of kidnapping resulting in death to an indictment. The panel might add other charges. Ultimately, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami would need the final approval of the Justice Department to add the death penalty to the case.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined on Thursday to comment on its next move, which is likely to come this month.

 

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Florida businessman indicted on charges of kidnapping and killing wife in Madrid

David and Ana Knezevich were going through a difficult divorce before she vanished in Madrid. Her body has not been found.

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Florida businessman indicted on charges of kidnapping and killing wife in Madrid​

His wife’s corpse has still not been found in Europe.

But on Wednesday, federal prosecutors obtained a grand jury indictment accusing David Knezevich of killing Ana Knezevich Henao, in addition to a previous charge of kidnapping her in Madrid in early February.

Knezevich, 36, a Fort Lauderdale businessperson from Serbia who has been held at a federal lock-up in Miami since his arrest in May, faces a potential death penalty if convicted of the new charge, kidnapping resulting in death.

Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami have still not indicated whether they will seek the death penalty. If they do pursue it, the Justice Department would have the final say. If the department were to approve it and Knezevich was convicted at trial, he would face the death penalty at his sentencing — an elaborate process.

But if prosecutors don’t opt for the death penalty, Knezevich, if convicted, would face a potential maximum sentence of life in prison.

The prosecutors’ decision marks a dramatic shift in the largely circumstantial case surrounding 40-year-old Ana Knezevich’s disappearance from her Madrid apartment on Feb. 2. Before the Colombian-American’s presumed death, the couple was going through a difficult divorce while fighting over millions in Broward properties they acquired during their 13-year marriage.

For months, the FBI has been coordinating its investigation with the Spanish National Police, gathering suspicious security-camera footage of David Knezevich’s presence in a Madrid hardware store and at her apartment just before her disappearance, as well as fabricated text messages and stolen license plates on a rental car suggesting a cover-up. However, authorities found no evidence of blood traces or a struggle in the estranged wife’s Madrid apartment after she was reported missing.

The question of whether prosecutors would charge Knezevich with killing his 40-year-old wife had been hanging over the highly publicized case since his arrest in May at Miami International Airport upon his return from Serbia. The feds hinted at their answer in court papers last month as defense attorneys continued to pressure prosecutors to turn over more evidence. The case is scheduled for trial in February but is likely to be postponed.

 

[GrandmaBear]

The man is most definitely a flight risk. He has assets and already has jumped country to country "despite" his businesses here. I'm wondering about this judge and his comments?

I guess if they now have DNA and more results, it is time to get it in. They probably saw to his arrest when they did so he did not flee imo.

I am detecting a bit of a smell...

Not sure why a judge is saying the things this one is.

Perhaps just trying to keep all sides happy. OR... And I shall leave that there...

I don't know what evidence they have other than what we all know but I'd say they have quite a bit.

I'm also a bit sick of the tihing lately about circumstantial evidence. Almost ALL is, even DNA is. There is LITTLE that is direct evidence in any case short of a video of the person killing the person.

And so many think DNA is the gold standard and is direct evidence but it's not. Yet here they do say they have it but did not have the results yet.

I am also going to cynically guess we have some politics involved that do not relate but affect justice.