Name: Ana María Knezevich (born Henao)
Age: 40 years old
Last seen: February 2, 2024
Location: Madrid, Spain
Status: Still Missing; husband charged with murder in November 2024
Case Information
40-year-old Ana María Knezevich Henao was last seen in Madrid, Spain on February 2, 2024. She was on a trip overseas while going through a divorce when she disappeared from the apartment building where she was staying.
Background
Ana María Knezevich Henao was born on May 26, 1983 in Colombia. She is a naturalized US citizen and resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
In December 2023, Ana went on a trip to Spain for a fresh start as she was going through a stressful time with a divorce from her husband of 13 years, 36 year old David Knezevic.
The couple own EOX Technology Solutions Inc, a computer support company in South Florida. They also own three properties in Fort Lauderdale.
Ana was staying in an apartment building in the Salamanca district, northeast of the historical center of Madrid, Spain at the time of her disappearance. In January 2024, she briefly traveled with a friend to Austria.
Disappearance
Around 10:00 pm on February 2, 2024, Ana María Knezevich Henao was last seen by neighbors at the apartment building where she was staying during her visit to Madrid, Spain.
Ana never returned back home, and hasn’t been heard from since. She previously told a friend during an hour long phone conversation that night that she intended to stay at home due to the cold weather.
On February 4, 2024, Madrid authorities performed a welfare check at her apartment, but Ana was nowhere to be found. Nothing was found amiss, and the apartment was locked from the outside.
On February 5, 2024, Ana was supposed to take a train to meet a Spanish friend in Barcelona but never showed up.
Investigation
Around 9:30 pm on February 2, 2024, surveillance cameras inside Ana’s apartment building captured a suspicious man wearing a motorcycle helmet spray painting the surveillance cameras near the elevator.
On February 3, 2024, two friends received separate text messages, one in English and one in Spanish, from Ana’s cell phone. The Spanish message was reportedly written in a different dialect than how Ana usually speaks, according to her family.
The messages claimed she was running off for a few days with a man she had just met, with plans to travel to a summer house located about two hours away from Madrid where the phone service would be spotty.
“I met someone wonderful!! He has a summer house 2H (hours) from Madrid,” one of the messages read. “We are going there now and I will spend a few days there. Signal is spotty. I’ll call you when I get back.”
Ana never responded after those text messages and her cell phone was subsequently turned off. Her friends and family say she would never run off with a man whom she had just met.
Ana’s husband who she was going through a divorce with, David Knezevic, is cooperating with authorities in his wife’s disappearance. He was traveling to his home country of Serbia at the time and has not been named a person of interest in the investigation.
Ana’s Husband Arrested
On May 6, 2024, David Knezevic was detained at Miami International Airport “for his alleged relationship with the disappearance of his wife.”
Authorities believe that Knezevich flew from Miami to Istanbul on January 27, and rented a Peugeot 308 in Serbia on January 29. They say he then drove to Spain to kidnap his estranged wife.
David Knezevic Charged With Murder
On November 13, 2024, a federal grand jury in south Florida charged Knezevich with kidnapping resulting in death, foreign domestic violence resulting in death, and foreign murder of a U.S. national.
According to the indictment, Knezevich traveled to Spain from Miami “with the intent to kill, injure, harass, and intimidate his spouse and intimate partner and committed a crime of violence against her, resulting in her death.”
If convicted he could face the death penalty. He is currently being held without bond.
David Knezevic Dies in Custody
On April 28, 2025, it was announced that David Knezevich died in custody. No additional details regarding his death were immediately available.
Appearance
Physical Description:
White female born on May 26, 1983. Ana has brown hair, brown eyes, stands 4’11 tall, and weighs 100 pounds.
Distinctive Physical Features:
No information available.
Clothing and accessories:
No information available.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Ana María Knezevich Henao please contact the Spanish National Police at 091 or Fort Lauderdale Police Department at (954) 828-5700.
Resources & Further Information
Ana María Knezevich Henao – Centro Nacional de Desaparecidos
Ana María Knezevich Henao – Association SOS Desaparecidos
News & Media Links
American woman goes missing in Madrid after helmeted man disables cameras – NBC News 02/24
Fort Lauderdale businesswoman disappears in Spain after helmeted man disables cameras – CBS Miami 02/24
An American woman has gone missing in Madrid after a helmeted man disabled her security cameras – AP News 02/24
Ana Maria Knezevich Henao: Spanish police searching for missing American woman – CNN 02/24
Why would either party , with such large investments leave the country , until after the divorce proceedings had been finalised in total ? .
Did either party have an interest in the apartment of any form , and how often did they use it together as a couple , or rent it out to others ? .
If the camera ‘ s were working , why did nobody query why 0an unknown person wearing a helmet , start spray painting around the elevator , did the person gain entry on his / her own , on what pretext was he / she allowed to gain entry into the complex , internal / external ? .
At what point was the person stopped from what he / she was doing ? .
Did the person arrive on a motor – cycle , if so what type ? .
If she would not just have gone with anybody , she must have known the person , if she had hardly known the person , why did she accompany the person to the property that is a ” spotty ” area , and also two hours away ? .
What other area ‘ s did they know were people stayed , did she ever mention at any time , the area in which they were going to , or were she liked to go to on previous occassions ? .
Could the person have been a disgruntled investor ? .
What was / is the reason for the divorce , financial gain , or to pay large debts ? .
Who was the majotity share – holder of the investments , was it a marriage of convienence ? .
What other family member ‘ s were involved , and from whose side m, who stood to gain the most from the divorce ? .
First of all. Is is very strange the husband did not directly travel to Spain? Only sickness or similar could explain such bevaviour. Is obviously that Maria was kidnapped but by who and for what purpuse?