#CARLA STEFANIAK DRIVER#

Stefaniak is of Venezuelan origin but is an American citizen.ĬRHoy reported that the OIJ indicated Stefaniak was seen leaving her Airbnb Nov. In a story posted Monday morning, the news site reported that in addition to local police, the FBI and representatives of the US Embassy in Costa Rica were on the scene where a body was found partially buried. The news website CRHoy, Costa Rica Today, reported that police there discovered a body and while have not confirmed it’s the body of Stefaniak, say there’s evidence it is the missing Florida woman. That was the last Antonieta heard from her sister-in-law and “best friend.” The family had said they believed she was kidnapped. She spoke to Antonieta by phone and said it was raining hard and the lights had gone out in the house. After a tour of the city, she was dropped off at her Airbnb. There she returned her rental car and caught an Uber. Stefaniak, who goes by Carla Margarita on Facebook and Instagram, drove Burton to the airport in San Jose, the Costa Rican capital. She checked in to her flight but never arrived and has been missing in the Central American country for six days. Stefaniak was supposed to fly out the next day, Thursday, November 28.

Stefaniak was visiting Costa Rica with her sister-in-law April Burton, who goes by April Antonieta on Facebook.īurton flew out of Costa Rica on November 27. The body was found by dogs half buried with plastic bags over it. There had been myraid reports that a body was found in the back of the Airbnb property where Stefaniak had been staying, citing Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department. PLEASE SHARE & TAG MEDIA AND YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE!!!!!! THIS IS HEART BREAKING!!!!!”

The family has not confirmed the identity by viewing or providing DNA samples. “The family has yet to see the body and they were in the process of securing dental records for the examiners! We don’t know why the media is announcing the identity of the body or what Costa Rica officials are trying to do by not allowing the family to view the remains BEFORE announcing anything. Tuesday, Stefaniak’s family said Costa Rican officials had not let them see the body but her identity was released to media.

#CARLA STEFANIAK DRIVER#

Stefaniak was supposed to return to Miami the day after she sent the text - and although she checked in, she never boarded her flight home.Īn Uber driver who took Stefaniak sightseeing on the Tuesday and who was supposed to pick her up to go to the airport told the family he heard she left the rental home around 5am with her luggage and got into a mysterious car, according to the Miami Herald.After a torturous eight days, the family of American tourist Carla Stefaniak, who was missing in Costa Rica, confirmed the 36-year-old Florida woman is dead. The man arrested for the killing had worked at the apartment complex, the station said. Camera Icon Carla Stefaniak was celebrating her birthday in Costa Rica. Her body was found by cadaver dogs on Monday partially buried in the ground and covered with plastic bags behind the apartment complex that housed her Airbnb.īlood was found inside the apartment. “It’s pretty sketchy here,” she wrote in a text. The last time her family heard from her was the night of November 27 when she texted her sister-in-law that the lights were going on and off.

Stefaniak had travelled to Costa Rica to celebrate her 36th birthday, relatives said. Camera Icon Carla Stefaniak sent a text to her sister-in-law saying the area she was staying in was “sketchy”.