
They say their faith in God has been what carried them through the ordeal. "Simply because of a sexual aberration, and because he found himself in an enclosed space and he took advantage of the fact she was alone."Ĭaicedo and his son, Stefaniak's brother Mario Caicedo, live in Orlando. "He cut her life short in the cruelest way," said Carlos Caicedo, Stefaniak’s father. According to officials, the country’s judicial investigation department alleges Espinoza attempted to rape Stefaniak and she fought back, after which he stabbed her to death. Espinoza was arrested after testimony he gave to the police did not match surveillance footage or other witness statements. Rivera says there is also DNA evidence that links espinoza to the crime. Despite her body being badly decomposed a Costa Rican medical examiner was able to determine that Stefaniak had been stabbed 7 times, including once in the palm of her hand. And after, his wife speaks to Bismarck’s mother, and tells her about the grave situation.” Bismarck Espinoza Martnez was found guilty by a panel of local Costa Rican judges yesterday of killing Carla Stefaniak and has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. "For example, there is a phone call that he makes to his wife in nicaragua in which he tells her he killed the victim. "There are elements that implicate Bismarck," he said. Joseph Rivera, one of the prosecuting attorneys, seemed confident that Espinoza would be found guilty.
Now, Espinoza's fate is finally to be decided in a San Jose court. on Tuesday, but Stefaniak planned to stay an extra day to celebrate her birthday. Stefaniak, a Venezuelan-American who was vacationing in San Jose for her 36th birthday in November of 2018, was found 200 feet from the room she rented in a suburb. Here is a timeline of the last time Stefaniaks was heard from: Tuesday, Nov. Investigators say blood was found in his nearby apartment.The man accused of killing Miami resident Carla Stefaniak while she was on vacation in Costa Rica tsetified in court on Tuesday, almost 14 months after Stefaniak's murder.īismarck Espinoza, a security guard of the Airbnb where Stefaniak was staying in Costa Rica, has been in jail since the incident ocurred.

On Tuesday Costa Rican officials arrested 32-year-old Bismark Espinosa Martinez, a guard at the Villa Buena Vista resort near San Jose, Costa Rica. The Tampa Bay Times reports an autopsy found stab wounds on her arms and neck, and the cause of death was determined to be a blow to the head.

The father of a Florida woman who went missing while celebrating her 36th birthday in Costa Rica has identified her body, found near the villa she rented.Ī posting on the "Finding Carla" Facebook page says Costa Rican authorities allowed the family to view her body, which was found Monday half-buried and covered in plastic near the Airbnb villa that Carla Stefaniak of Miami Beach had rented last month. Villa Le Mas's attorney, Federico Jenkins, said the owners are cooperating with the authorities in the investigation. Lcia Campos, Rui Costa Lopes, Carla Moleiro.

Her body was found Monday.Ī resort security guard has been arrested in connection with her death.Īccording to its listing on TripAdvisor, the Villa le Mas is a compound with seven vacation apartments. ago That place had numerous complaints and Airbnb had done nothing. Her family reported her missing when she didn't return home. ago Sounds like the security guards and AirBnb owner were all lying then, claiming that she got into a car at 5AM. Airbnb says it has removed the vacation rental listing in Costa Rica where a woman was staying when she was slain.Ĭarla Stefaniak of Florida spent the night at the Villa le Mas, near San Jose, on Nov.
