Stefaniak had taken the trip with her sister-in-law, however her sister-in-law had to return home a day earlier than expected. The death is being considered a homicide. "The person detained for the homicide was near her, had chances to commit the act and became a suspect through all our investigation," OIJ General Director Walter Espinoza said, according to the station.Īn autopsy revealed Stefaniak died after suffering injuries to her head, neck and extremities. Investigators have detained a security guard, 32-year-old Bismarck Espinosa Martinez of Nicaragua, who works at the Airbnb property after they said he gave conflicting accounts to police, according to Miami news station WSVN. We will always be with her and we know she will always be with us. We will never forget the joy she brought into our lives, how much she made us laugh. "We want the world to know that we will never forget Carla. "Words cannot express the devastation within her family and friends," the post said. Her identity was confirmed after her father identified the body, according to a post on the Finding Carla Facebook page created to help find the missing woman. Investigators would find the woman's body half-buried and covered with plastic bags about 300 yards away from the Airbnb's apartment complex. 28 as planned.Ī search for the woman began at the San Antonio de Escazu neighborhood where Stefaniak had been staying after investigators discovered blood inside her Airbnb, Fox News reports. In addition, we have reached back out to the FBI, OIJ, and the local US Embassy in Costa Rica to offer our continued support and cooperation with their investigation.The body of a woman found behind a Costa Rica Airbnb has been identified as a missing American tourist and a security guard at the rental where the woman was staying has been detained in her death.Ĭarla Stefaniak had traveled to Costa Rica with her sister-in-law to celebrate her 36th birthday but her family began to worry when she failed to return to the United States on Nov. They told FOX 13, "We have reached out to Carla’s family to support them as best we can. We reached out to Airbnb regarding their involvement. "Family, we are all destroyed," said Stefaniak's brother Mario Caicedo. Monday night, a message was posted on the "Finding Carla" Facebook page: "We need all the prayers in the world right now." "I need the Lord," he said before leaving. Her father caught a flight from Tampa International Airport on Monday. Stefaniak's brother flew to Costa Rica last Friday to join the search.
That Uber driver, the Airbnb owner, and local security guards share the same story - that she was seen leaving the rental early that next morning with luggage, entering a mysterious car.
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Stefaniak's family said that after she dropped her sister-in-law off at the airport on the 27th, an Uber driver took her to the Airbnb, and later, sightseeing around San Jose. They are going to be subjected to review and comparison." "Using specialized equipment and trained dogs, we located biological fluids inside the apartment compatible with blood. "We did a review of the apartment where she stayed overnight the last time," said Walter Espinoza, Spokesman for Judicial Investigation Department. However, could not yet confirm if it was Stefaniak before an autopsy. Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department confirmed that they found the decomposed body of a woman not far from the Airbnb where Stefaniak was staying. "She checked into her flight but she never got on the plane," Burton said.
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