She then took an Uber to an Airbnb about 30 minutes from the airport. We want the world to know that we will never forget Carla.’ Carla Stefaniak Carla Stefaniak: ‘It’s pretty sketchy here’.Ī spokesperson for the family said Carla, who works at a Miami insurance agency, dropped her sister-in-law off at the airport in San Jose on November 27 and returned the rental car. In a statement on Facebook, her family said: ‘Words cannot express the devastation within her family and friends. The family have since confirmed the retrieved body on the grounds as being that of Carla. There had been initial fears that Stefaniak may have been kidnapped. Her family have been on the ground in Costa Rica, working with local authorities and questioning witnesses. That’s when she texted her sister-in-law from the Airbnb to say it was raining and the power was going out. Her family and friends say they had not heard from her since Tuesday at 8pm. Stefaniak traveled to Costa Rica with her sister-in-law April Burton last week to celebrate her 36th birthday and had been due to return home to Hallandale Beach alone Wednesday, the day after she dropped April off at the airport.Ĭarla checked into her 1pm flight, but never showed up to the airport the next morning, November 28.
Carla Stefaniak Carla Stefaniak scheduled to return but never made it back home:
Pictured missing woman, Carla Stefaniak who was found murdered. The missing woman’s remains according to local outlet, were discovered after specially trained K9 dogs were deployed in the search for Stefaniak.Ĭome Wednesday, Espinoza revealed the attack on Carla was sexually motivated. Her remains had been partially buried and covered with plastic bags, reported NBC6. Officials discovered the missing woman’s body in the back of the rental property, which Stefaniak described in a text message to her sister-in-law as being ‘pretty sketchy’ last Tuesday night. Martinez was taken into custody a day after the discovery of Stefaniak’s body. The man’s statements contradicted other witness testimony. Investigators said Carla also exhibited knife wounds over her neck and arms- with investigators finding blood inside the property.Įspinoza added that the suspect was staying next door to Stefaniak and giving contradictory statements during questioning.
Walter Espinoza the director of Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department revealed Stefaniak dying from head trauma following the discovery of her body in a makeshift grave outside the Airbnb she was staying on Monday. She’d been scheduled to return to the US the following day- but never made her flight despite checking in the day before. Bismark Espinosa Martinez arrested: Hostel security guard arrested in Costa Rica murder of Miami tourist, Carla Stefaniak who’d been celebrating her 36th birthday.Īuthorities in Costa Rica have arrested a security guard in connection to the murder of a Miami woman whose body was found outside the Airbnb she rented out earlier this week.īismark Espinosa Martinez, 32, of Nicaragua, was taken into custody following the slaying of Carla Stefaniak, 36, who vanished from her San Jose vacation rental last Tuesday while celebrating her 36th birthday. Pictured, Bismark Espinosa Martinez- security guard arrested in connection with Costa Rica tourist, Carla Stefaniak.
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