A South Florida business owner butted in the murder and loss of his estranged partner in Spain in 2014 has been located dead behind bars, his lawyer confirmed Monday.
David Knezevich had been billed with kidnapping resulting in death, international residential violence resulting in death and foreign murder of a United States nationwide in the Feb. 2, 2024 loss of Ana Maria Henao Knezevich. [
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Authorities with the U. S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons said Knezevich was located unresponsive at the Federal Apprehension Center in Miami at around 8: 15 a.m. Monday.
He was offered life-saving measures yet was pronounced dead by emergency situation clinical solutions employees, officials said.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the USA Marshals Service were informed. No workers or other incarcerated individuals were hurt and at no time was the public at risk,” officials claimed in a news release.
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Broward Sheriff’s Office David Knezevich
More details of his fatality weren’t readily available but Knezevich’s defense attorney, Jayne Weintraub, validated he passed away by self-destruction and launched a quick declaration later on Monday.
“The Defense team was ravaged to find out about it this morning. We trust than an ideal examination will certainly be performed,” her declaration checked out.
Henao Knezevich’s family members also launched a statement through their lawyer on Monday.
“The suicide of Ana’s murderer closes a painful phase in our lives, formerly full of the dread that he may not face justice. Now, we might never recognize where he placed Ana’s body,” the statement read. “It is a harsh last disrespect that we might never recuperate Ana’s remains or recognize the complete level of the dishonesty she suffered. Still, we stay dedicated to looking for the fact and justice for Ana with our lawyer, Mr. Ingber, and to preserving Ana’s memory while honoring her life with self-respect, strength, and love. We are happy to the authorities that they remain to check out and to look for Anna’s body.”
Knezevich, 37, was arrested in May of 2024 after getting to Miami International Airport terminal on a flight from Serbia. He had actually been behind bars without bond while waiting for trial.
Henao Knezevich, a Colombian native and naturalized American who had actually stayed in Fort Lauderdale, was last seen in Madrid last year, after heading to Spain amid a contentious divorce from her estranged spouse.
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Family Photos Ana Maria Henao Knezevich was purportedly kidnapped by estranged spouse David Knezevich
Federal district attorney Lacee Monk claimed in court last Might that district attorneys think Ana is dead and that the FBI and Spain’s nationwide authorities have considerable evidence that Knezevich had actually been behind his better half’s loss, which occurred 5 weeks after she left him and transferred to Madrid.
She claimed the pair had been experiencing a horrible divorce after 13 years of marriage , fighting over just how to divide a significant ton of money they had accumulated from their computer company and realty financial investments. He really did not want her to have an equivalent share, Monk stated.
According to a charge submitted in November, Knezevich took a trip from Miami-Dade to Madrid “with the intent to eliminate, hurt, harass, and daunt his spouse and intimate companion” and dedicated a criminal activity of violence versus her that led to her fatality.
Court documents show that authorities believe Knezevich resembles the male putting on a bike headgear who spray repainted the protection camera lens outside her Madrid home on Feb. 2, 2024 The man left an hour later bring a traveling bag.
District attorneys said safety video revealed Knezevich in a Madrid hardware store using cash money to buy air duct tape and the exact same brand of spray repaint the guy in the motorcycle safety helmet used on the safety and security camera.
TELEMUNDO 51 Ana Maria Henao Knezevich
Certificate plates that were stolen in Madrid in that period were found by authorities plate viewers both near a bike store where a similar helmet was bought and on Ana’s road the night she disappeared. Hours after the helmeted guy left the apartment, a Peugeot the same to the one Knezevich rented and showing off the swiped plates was taped experiencing a toll booth near Madrid. The chauffeur can not be seen due to the fact that the home windows were tinted.
The early morning after his better half went away, district attorneys claim Knezevich texted a Colombian woman he fulfilled on a dating app to equate into “excellent Colombian” Spanish 2 English messages. After the lady sent out those back to Knezevich, two of Ana’s close friends obtained those exact messages from her mobile phone. The messages stated Ana was going off with a male she had simply met on the street, something the buddies state she would have never ever done.
Knezevich’s lawyer stated he remained in his native Serbia on the day his 40 -year-old other half went away, 1, 600 miles away. Yet agents say Knezevich rented a Peugeot in the Serbian resources Belgrade 4 days previously.
When Knezevich returned the Peugeot to the rental company 5 weeks later, it had actually been driven 4, 800 miles, its windows had actually been tinted, two determining sticker labels had actually been removed and there was evidence its license plate had been eliminated and afterwards put back, district attorneys said.
Knezevich had actually begged innocent to the costs, and his attorneys had kept his virtue.
The situation amassed international interest as police from numerous various nations integrated to try to help find Henao Knezevich and the person responsible for her loss.
Henao Knezevich’s household had submitted a wrongful death lawsuit versus Knezevich in February,
