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A Florida woman went missing in Spain two weeks ago amid a bitter divorce — and her loved ones say they’re concerned because they received “bizarre messages” from her before her disappearance, according to reports.
Ana Knezevich, a US citizen originally from Colombia, decided to travel to Europe while going through an acrimonious split from her Serbian husband, according to worried friends and family.
The Fort Lauderdale resident, 40, rented an apartment in Madrid in December and had been communicating regularly with pals since then.
But friend Sanna Rameau told WSVN that she was last seen by neighbors on Feb. 2.
Rameau sent her a text the day she vanished, but did not receive a response.
The following day, she got a message from Knezevich stating she had met a man on the street and they had an instant “connection.”
She told Rameau they were en route to a country home two hours from Madrid, and that she didn’t have a strong cell signal there.
“I’ll call you when I get back,” she said.
The unnerved friend told Ana to send her the address of her destination and questioned if it was a good idea to go away with the mystery man she had just met.
“We received very bizarre messages from her phone, I have to say from her phone because I don’t believe it was her sending it, that Saturday afternoon after she disappeared. That she had met a man on the street,” Rameau said, according to the station.
“She has not left on her own,” Rameau said. “She has been taken against her will and by who, I don’t know.”
Other family members said they received oddly phrased texts in Spanish from Knezevich, and that they don’t believe she sent them.
Her relatives have contacted Spanish authorities, who are now probing the case.
Knezevich’s brother told Newsnation’s Chris Cuomo that he had concerns about the pace of their progress.
“I know they’re doing everything that they can,” Felipe Henao said. “I wish there was more collaboration between the US and the Spanish law enforcement. This is an American citizen that is missing abroad. And I just want my sister back.
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Adding to the mystery, investigators discovered surveillance footage from Knezevich’s building showing a man in a black helmet spraying paint over two cameras.
“I’m living my worst nightmare. I’ve never felt this pain in my entire life because I don’t know what has happened to her, someone has hurt her and I don’t know why,” said Rameau.
With the days passing, Rameau eventually flew to Madrid to speak with Spanish authorities face to face, but said the response has not been satisfactory.
She is now pleading with American officials to step in.
“I just want her back. I want the American authorities to help. We have an American citizen that has disappeared abroad and no one in America is doing anything about it,” she said.
Knezevich’s husband is reportedly in Serbia.
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