Federal and international authorities had said newly emerged evidence showed no blood was found in the Spanish apartment, but then appeared to backtrack. A Florida woman goes missing.
Ana Maria Knezevic, 40, was last seen in Madrid, Spain, at approximately 10pm on February 2, just 30 minutes after a man wearing a motorcycle helmet spray-painted graffiti on the security camera at her home. Apartment in Salamanca.
According to Miami HeraldLawyers for her husband, David Knezevich, are fighting the prosecution’s case, arguing that no forensic evidence was found at the scene.
“There was no blood, no struggle, no signs of foul play,” said Jane Weintraub, Knezevich’s lead attorney. “The defendant is in custody in a U.S. court for an incident that occurred in Spain, if it occurred in Spain.”
The husband of Ana Knezevic, the Florida woman who went missing in Spain, was arrested at Miami International Airport.
Sanna Rameau described David and Ana Knezevic as a “successful couple” who had been married for 13 years before deciding to separate last summer. (Sanna Rameau)
At a recent hearing, Magistrate Edwin Torres noted that no bloodstains were found in the Madrid apartment and called the evidence “questionable.”
“I agree that some of their evidence is questionable,” Torres said.
Torres also pointed to earlier evidence showing Knezevic had purchased duct tape and spray paint at a nearby hardware store.
“Doesn’t that make their case stronger?” Torres said.
Spanish police are searching for a Colombian-born American woman who has been reported missing in Madrid since early February. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Anna and David co-owned an IT company in South Florida and also had interests in real estate.
Rameau previously told Fox News Digital in a phone interview that the couple were a “successful couple” who had been married for 13 years before deciding to separate last summer.
“Obviously it was difficult for her, so she started spending more time in Europe, in Madrid, where she had old friends,” Rameau said.
Then she disappeared.
Florida woman disappears in Madrid after suspicious emails and CCTV goes black
Rameau received a strange text message from Anna on Feb. 3, the day after her friend suspected she had been taken against her will.
“I met a wonderful person!,” the WhatsApp message read. “He has a villa just two metres away. [hours] From Madrid. I’m on my way there now. I’ll be there for a few days. The signal is spotty. I’ll call you when I get back.”
A second message to Rameau read, “Yesterday after therapy I wanted to go for a walk and he came up to me on the street! It was an amazing connection. A connection like I’ve never felt before.”
A banner for missing Colombian-born American woman Ana Maria Knezevic Henao, 40, is hung on a streetlight in Madrid, Spain, on Friday, February 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Knezevic was arrested by FBI agents at Miami International Airport in early May while returning home from Serbia, where his mother lives.
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He has been held at a federal detention center in Miami since his arrest.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department for comment.
Fox News’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
