As the search continues for Ana Maria Knezevic, the Florida woman who disappeared under mysterious circumstances from her apartment in Spain this month, her husband insists he had nothing to do with her disappearance. .
The last time we heard from Ana was around 10pm on February 2nd, shortly after she was attacked in her apartment in Madrid’s Salamanca district by a man wearing a spray-painted surveillance camera on a motorcycle helmet. That was 30 minutes later.
“It’s terrible,” attorney Ken Padowitz, who represents Anna’s husband, David Knezevic, told Fox News Digital. “And we cannot imagine what this young woman’s family and friends are going through. The fact that she has been missing for this period of time is terrifying. , so we need to speak up about it.” We’re here to discuss it today. ”
According to reports, Ana’s brother Juan Henao told Fort Lauderdale police on February 7 that the couple was going through a “bad” divorce with “a lot of money at stake.”
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Sanna Rameau described David and Ana Knezevic as a “successful couple” who were married for 13 years before deciding to separate last summer. (Sanna Rameau)
David left Fort Lauderdale for his native Serbia several months before his wife disappeared while they were separated. Ever since her couple started talking about divorce, Ana had been spending a lot of time with her friends in Europe.
“He doesn’t have the answers as to why this happened and feels terrible, but if facts come out showing there was a ‘bad’ divorce when that’s not the case, then it’s a mistake.” “I want to make my voice heard,” Padowitz said.
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Henao told police she was “very worried” about her sister.
A man wearing a motorcycle helmet appears to have spray-painted a security camera at the Madrid apartment where Ana Knezevic was staying. (Sanna Rameau)
“He stated that David traveled to Serbia on January 17 this year, but it is unclear how long he stayed,” the report states. “Additionally, he called and texted David asking where Ana was, to no avail. Juan advised that David responded via ‘Whats’ around 6pm last night.” [App]It was as if they were out of the country and all they were telling Juan was that Ana was missing. ”
No divorce records have been filed in Broward County, Florida, in either David’s or Anna’s name. Other county records show the couple jointly own multiple properties, one of which is currently in foreclosure.
“It wasn’t a terrible divorce.”
“We hadn’t even hired a lawyer yet,” Padowitz said. “I think right now he’s very focused on what happened and his wife is missing. He obviously wants her to be found and this tragedy… I’m looking forward to the day when this doesn’t happen again every day.” ”
David Knezevic was in Serbia when his wife disappeared from Madrid. (Sanna Rameau)
Anna and David ran an IT company together in South Florida and also had an interest in real estate. Ana’s friend Sanna Rameau previously described the pair, who were married for 13 years before deciding to separate last summer, as a “successful couple” in a phone interview with Fox News Digital.
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“It was obviously difficult for her, so she started spending more time in Europe, in Madrid, where she had old friends,” Rameau said.
Then she disappeared.
Rameau received a strange email from Ana on February 3, the day after she suspected her friend had been “taken against her will.”
Ana Maria Knezevic, 40, of Fort Lauderdale, disappeared from her apartment in Madrid on February 2nd. (Sanna Rameau)
“I met a wonderful person!” the WhatsApp message reads. “He has a summer house that’s about 2 years old. [hours] Born in Madrid. We are going there now and plan to spend a few days there. The signal is unstable. I’ll call you when I get back. ”
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A second message to Rameau: “Yesterday, after therapy, when I needed a walk, he called out to me on the street! It’s a great connection. It’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. This is what it says.”
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department told Fox News Digital that FLPD is “not investigating Knezevic’s disappearance” because she was “reported missing abroad.” The department referred Fox News Digital to the State Department, which did not respond to a request for comment.
A banner for missing Colombian-born American Ana Maria Knezevic hangs on a lamppost in Madrid on February 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandes)
Padowitz said David has no ties to Madrid, does not speak Spanish and is cooperating with local investigators while in Serbia.
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“David is currently in a situation where his wife, who lives in Serbia, travels to Spain and disappears under horrific, horrific circumstances,” Padovitz said. “And David is cooperating with the Spanish authorities. He has spoken numerous times to detectives in Spain. He has provided credit card information and other information. He is actually a lawyer in Spain. We have hired someone to help us.” [fill out a form to] May enter the apartment. ”
Joaquin Amirs, a spokesman for the Spanish Association of Missing Persons, told The Associated Press that the association has posted missing persons flyers with Knezevic’s photo throughout Madrid, but has not yet received any information. He said he has not done so.
