On February 2, a man wearing a helmet entered an apartment building in Madrid, where Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, a woman from south Florida on vacation, was staying. The man disabled the building's lock with duct tape and spray-painted a surveillance camera before leaving with a suitcase. Henao was reported missing shortly after, and the mystery man was later identified as her estranged husband, David Knezevich.
Knezevich, 36, was arrested at Miami International Airport for his alleged role in his wife's kidnapping. Evidence linking him to the crime included security camera footage, stolen license plates, and rental car records. Despite his attorney's claims of innocence and denial of ever being in Spain, Knezevich's actions raised suspicions.
The couple, who co-owned properties in Florida and ran a technology solutions company, was in the process of a contentious divorce. Knezevich's movements from Miami to Turkey and Serbia, where he rented a car that traveled thousands of miles, further implicated him in the disappearance.
Text messages sent from Henao's phone, supposedly indicating she had met someone and was going away, were later found to be crafted by Knezevich with the help of another woman he had met on a dating app. The woman's mother's discovery of news reports about Knezevich's missing wife led to a crucial revelation.
Spanish investigators connected the spray paint used in the building tampering to a purchase made by a man resembling Knezevich on the day of Henao's disappearance. The unfolding events pointed towards Knezevich's involvement in his wife's disappearance, raising questions about her whereabouts.
Knezevich's upcoming court hearing may shed more light on the case, but the mystery of what happened to Ana Maria Knezevich Henao continues to loom large.
