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David Knezevich, 36, was arrested by U.S. Marshals at Miami International Airport on Saturday in connection with the disappearance of his wife, Anna Knezevich, 40. They had been married for 13 years when she disappeared in Spain on February 2.
Mr. Knezevich was returning from Belgrade, Serbia – his home country – where he had lived for several months. he has denied any involvement On the disappearance of his wife. The couple previously lived in Miami.
He was expected to appear in federal court in Miami on Monday afternoon WSVN,
According to the Spanish news outlet, the arrest is the latest development in a multinational investigation led by the FBI and assisted by authorities in Spain, Colombia and Belgrade. efe,
Ms. Knezevich, who is Colombian-American, reportedly moved to Spain in December following her divorce with Mr. Knezevich, whom her brother described to detectives as “nasty.”
Her friend Sana Rameau said that the day after Ms. Knezevich disappeared, she received a message from the missing woman claiming that she had met a man and was leaving for a while. WSVN Report.
The text reads, “I met someone amazing!! She has a summer house about 2 hours from Madrid. We’re going there now and I’ll spend a few days there. The signal is bad. When I get back I will call you.” “Yesterday after therapy I needed a walk and he came up to me on the street! Amazing connection. Like I’ve never had before.”
The text was also sent to Ms. Knezevich’s family members in Spanish. He told police that he did not believe the text was from Ms. Knezevich, and did not believe the text was sent by a native Spanish speaker.
Ms Rameau was reportedly using the Bumble dating app while in Spain. Local police have interviewed the men he spoke to, The Daily Mail Report.
Further suspicions arose over her disappearance when police found surveillance footage at her home that showed a man wearing a black motorcycle helmet spraying a pair of security cameras on the day of her disappearance.
Mr Knezevich has insisted he had no role in her disappearance.
His lawyer, Ken Padowitz, told The Associated Press that reports of the couple’s divorce efforts were exaggerated and that Mr. Knezevich was making every possible effort to locate his estranged wife from Serbia.
“David has worked with the authorities. He has spoken to Spanish spies on several occasions. He provided credit card information … He had a lawyer in Spain sign documents to help Spanish authorities get into the apartment his wife rented,” Padowitz said. “He’s doing everything he possibly can to Serbia.”
He further said that Mr. Knezevich’s trip to Spain would not help investigators.
“He doesn’t speak Spanish. His family is not in Spain. He has no friends in Spain. They don’t have a house or an apartment or any place to live in Spain,” Mr. Padowitz said.
Joaquin Emilias, president of the SOS Missing Persons Association, rejected Mr. Padowitz’s account of the couple’s divorce; He said the proceedings were so difficult that Ms. Knezevich was “seeking medical help for depression”, according to New York Post,
Mr. Knezevich had previously refused to take a lie detector test, which is admissible as evidence under Florida law. The effectiveness of polygraph tests has been questioned in the past.