There was something fishy about that to begin with." Wayne Black, a South Florida private investigator, told WPLG that the narrative around Stefaniak´s disappearance was "fishy." Black said, "Someone was interviewed and said she left for the airport at 5 a.m. Stefaniak was scheduled to leave Costa Rica on November 28 but she never made her flight.
Her brother, Carlos Caicedo, said her family had not heard from her since November 27, when her sister-in-law left the Central American country. Stefaniak traveled to Costa Rica on Thanksgiving Day to celebrate her 36 th birthday with her sister-in-law. "Our deepest sympathies are with the family of the victim of this horrible crime," the lawyers said in a statement. The Airbnb rental at the complex had been temporarily closed down. Carla Stefaniaks family travelled to Costa Rica to search for her The father of missing US tourist Carla Stefaniak has confirmed that a body found near a Costa Rica Airbnb is that of his daughter. Officials from the Judicial Investigation Agency (Organismo de Investigación Judicial) project that 2018 will break 2017’s record with an estimated 625 homicides.The attorneys for the complex where Stefaniak was staying told WFTS that they were "deeply saddened and devastated by the tragic events that occurred last week" and that the complex owners were cooperating with authorities. According to InSight Crime, a nonprofit news organization that focuses on crime in Latin America, in the first six months of 2018, Costa Rica registered 302 homicides, an increase of 29 during the same period the previous year. While officials have not stated a reason for the decline in American tourism, it comes as there is a spike in crime in the country. However, tourism dipped in 2017 as the number of American visitors declined for the first time since 2009. April wasn’t able to get more time off and had to be back in Tampa a day earlier. They live in different cities and travelled separately. The sister in law April stepped in to take her place so Carla wouldn’t be alone. Adriana Murllo, encargada de la autopsia del cuerpo de Carla Stefaniak, declar este mircoles por la maana en el juicio que se sigue por la muerte de la extranjera. The friend Carla was planning to go with got a new job and had to cancel. Commerce Department’s National Travel & Tourism Office, Costa Rica ranked 15th among international destinations for Americans, with more than 1 million visiting in 2017. Dos testigos declararon este mircoles por la maana en el debate que se sigue por el crimen de la venezolana. In 2017 alone tourism brought in $3.9 billion for the economy, according to the tourism chamber.Īccording to the U.S. Tourism makes up a large portion of the nation’s economy.īloomberg reported that Costa Rica had nearly 3 million tourists visit the country in 2017, with almost half the visitors coming from the U.S. The recent string of homicides might have financial consequences for the country as well. Police are investigating his cause of death.
Cook had retired and was living in a small town outside of San Jose. In October, the body of 62-year-old Vermont-native Thomas Cook was found in a shallow grave after he was being reported missing for weeks, Fox News reported. Shortly after the murders security minister Michael Soto told Bloomberg, “There has already been damage done to the country’s image.” Martinez had been working as a security guard at the hotel at the time, Espinoza said, and was sleeping in a room that was directly next to Stefaniaks room. The brutal deaths were a huge concern to Costa Rican authorities at the time.
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