Chronology of the case Ana María Knezevich Henao, the American born in Colombia reported missing in Spain

( Spanish) – Ana María Knezevich Henao, a US citizen born in Colombia, was reported missing in early February in Spain after she failed to meet a friend at a train station as planned.

In May, her husband was charged with kidnapping in Florida, United States, where he had been detained in connection with the case. Now they accuse him of the woman’s death.

This is what is known about what happened so far.

January 5: renting an apartment in Madrid

Knezevich Henao rented an apartment in Madrid, initially from January 5 to February 5, two people with knowledge of the situation told . He then asked to extend the reservation for one more month, until March 5.

February 2: last messages with a friend

Sanna Rameau, a friend of Knezevich Henao, said she last exchanged messages with her on February 2.

Around the date of the disappearance, Rameau said he received a WhatsApp message from Knezevich Henao that said: “I met someone wonderful!! He has a summer house about 2h (hours) from Madrid. We’re going there now and I’ll spend a few days there. The signal is irregular. “I’ll call you when I get back.”

The text message, seen by , added that the man had approached her on the street a day earlier while she was walking. “Incredible connection. Like I had never done before,” the text concludes.

The Ministry of the Interior of Spain, in turn, set the date of disappearance of Knezevich Henao on February 2. A post on the website of Spain’s National Center for Missing Persons included a photo of the woman with long brown hair and brown eyes.

Around the time he disappeared, someone spray-painted the lenses of two security cameras in the apartment building where Knezevich Henao was staying in Madrid’s exclusive Salamanca neighborhood, the building’s superintendent told . The disabled cameras were at the entrance to the building and near the elevator, the superintendent said. It is unclear if the incident is related to his disappearance.

February 5: Knezevich Henao does not arrive at the Madrid station

Knezevich Henao was supposed to take a train to Barcelona with her friend on February 5, her brother, Juan Felipe Henao, told . However, he never appeared at the Madrid station. He said that that same day the missing person report was filed with the authorities. does not know who filed the report.

February 12: entry to the apartment

Police entered Knezevich Henao’s apartment on February 12 with judicial authorization, the building’s superintendent and two other people with knowledge of the situation told .

February 20: requests for international information

A Spanish Government official confirms to that the Police asked authorities in other countries for information that could be relevant to the case.

May 4: husband arrested

Knezevich Henao’s husband, David Knezevich, 36, was arrested on May 4, according to the FBI.

Knezevich, a resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was taken into federal custody for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of his wife.

The arrest was made without incident at Miami International Airport, FBI spokesman James Marshall said.

The missing woman’s brother and her friend had told in February that they had been in contact with Knezevich Henao’s husband in the days after her disappearance, and that he then told them he was in Serbia.

May 28: David Knezevich is charged with kidnapping

A grand jury indicted Knezevich on one count of kidnapping in connection with his wife’s disappearance.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, Knezevich traveled to Europe to kidnap Ana María Henao. The couple was in the process of divorcing at the time, Henao’s family and friends stated in a court document filed last week.

Knezevich’s lawyers described the evidence provided by the prosecution as “circumstantial.”

November 14

David Knezevich, the South Florida businessman charged in the February disappearance of his wife in Spain, is now also charged in her death.

A federal grand jury in Miami on Wednesday indicted Knezevich, 36, on charges of kidnapping resulting in death, domestic violence resulting in death and foreign homicide of a U.S. citizen.

According to the new indictment, Knezevich traveled to Spain from Miami “with the intent to kill, injure, harass and intimidate his wife and intimate partner and committed a crime of violence against her, which resulted in her death.”

Knezevich “intentionally and unlawfully captured, confined, kidnapped, abducted and carried away” Henao and “intentionally, deliberately, maliciously and with premeditation and treachery, unlawfully murdered” Henao, according to the indictment.

If convicted of the new charges, Knezevich could face the death penalty.

Jayne Weintraub, Knezevich’s attorney, called the new indictment a “desperate attempt” by the government to charge everyone it can and see what sticks. “There is no evidence that David Knezevich kidnapped or killed his wife,” he wrote in a statement to on Thursday. “He will plead not guilty to these charges at his arraignment next week.”

Read all the details of the news here.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with information developments.

With information from Pau Mosquera, Al Goodman, Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal.