They received textsfrom her the night before around 8 p.m., but then all communication stopped.Ĭarlos Caicedo, Stefaniak’s brother, said the owner of the Airbnb told him a security guard saw his sister get into a car with her bags at 5 a.m. Bismark Espinosa Martinez, 32, of Nicaragua, was taken into custody following the slaying of Carla Stefaniak, 36, who vanished from her San Jose vacation rental last Tuesday while celebrating her 36th birthday. Family members said she missed her flight return flight home to Florida on Nov. Carla Stefaniak's father identifies body found in Costa Rica as his daughter CNN Family identifies body found in Costa Rica as missing US woman By Nicole Chavez, CNN Updated 3:44 PM. T he disappearance of American tourist Carla Stefaniak in Costa Rica and the grim discovery of a body in the backyard of her AirBnB is shedding light on the growing violence in the. Stefaniak, 36, was in Costa Rica celebrating her birthday.
It was the last message Burton received from her. They said the body was partially buried and inside plastic, near the city of San Jose. Vacationer Carla Stefaniak texted her sister-in-law April Burton from Costa Rica on Nov. The security guard who was taken into custody Tuesday was identified as Bismarck Espinoza Martinez, 32, CBS Miami reported.Īuthorities on Monday said they discovered the body near the area where Stefaniak was staying. He said the victim died of stab wounds to the neck and upper torso and suffered an additional blow to the head.
A local security guard was arrested and taken into custody in connection with her disappearance, officials said.Īn autopsy completed Tuesday determined the body initially matches Stefaniak, but investigators still need to complete a final verification, said Walter Espinoza of the country’s Judicial Investigation Department. tourist who went missing five days ago, CBS Miami reports. This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.Authorities in Costa Rica said a body found near an Airbnb matches that of Carla Stefaniak, a U.S. Riverview man flies to Costa Rica to search for missing tourist sisterīrother of missing woman searches for answers in her disappearance in Costa RicaĪccording to Burton, the last thing they knew about Stefaniak was that she was inside her Airbnb in San Antonio de Escazú on the night of the 27. The body was found in a wooded area Monday as investigators combed through the region where Miami resident Carla Stefaniak, 36, spent what was supposed to be her final night in Costa Rica last week, Judicial Investigator Director Walter Espinoza said in a press conference. Tampa family desperate for answers after woman goes missing during trip to Costa Rica Stefaniak had plans to return to the United States on November 28, bound for Florida, but never arrived for her flight. Stefaniak hasn't been seen or heard from since Tuesday, November 27. She traveled to Costa Rica with her sister-in-law, April Burton, on November 22 to celebrate her birthday. Burton flew back on November 27. In one of her last messages back home, Carla Stefaniak, a 36-year-old insurance agent from Hallandale Beach, commented on the sketchy atmosphere at her rented Airbnb apartment in a secluded. Words cannot express the devastation within her family and friends, said the announcement on Finding Carla, a Facebook page where relatives. The head of Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department, Walter Espinoza, said an autopsy determined Stefaniak died of stab wounds to the neck and upper torso and that she suffered a blow to. Bismarck Espinoza Martnez, of Nicaragua, on Monday was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the November 2018 murder of Carla Stefaniak, the Tampa Bay Times reported. At this time, authorities have not been able to confirm that the body is Stefaniak. Early Wednesday morning, she was confirmed dead. OIJ agents had been searching the area with specialized dogs. The body of Carla Stefaniak, the Florida woman who went missing in Costa Rica, has been identified and a suspect is under arrest in connection with her death. Authorities in Costa Rica say that a body has been found on the Airbnb property where missing Florida woman, Carla Stefaniak, 36, was staying.Ĭosta Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) tells ABC Action News that the body was partially buried in a mountainous area located in the back of the property, less than 200 feet away from where Stefaniak had been staying.
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