
WFTS spoke to Airbnb officials, who say they have reached out to Carla's family as well as the FBI, OIJ and the local embassy. The Airbnb listing for "Villa Buena Vista" has since been removed from Airbnb's website.

She’s never been early for anything in her life she wouldn’t leave to go to the airport at 5:30 a.m.," Burton said. She wouldn’t do that, her flight was at 1:30 p.m. "The guards (at the apartment complex that housed the Airbnb) told us that she left at 5 in the morning with all of her bags and got into an Uber. Family members shared the image with WFTS, seen below. The final photograph Stefaniak sent family members was from inside the Airbnb. She continued with, "it's pretty sketchy here," according to Burton. The last time Burton spoke to Stefaniak, she told her that it was raining crazy and the power went out. She checked into her Airbnb, located at Calle Hoja Blanca in San Antonio de Escazú, for one night on November 27.Īccording to Burton, the last thing they knew about Stefaniak was that she was inside that Airbnb on the night of November 27. Stefaniak had plans to return to the United States on November 28, bound for Florida, but never arrived for her flight. Stefaniak hasn't been seen or heard from since Tuesday, November 27. She traveled to Costa Rica with her sister-in-law, April Burton, on November 22 to celebrate her birthday. Burton flew back on November 27. The body cannot be positively identified by officials until an autopsy is performed. The blood has been sent to labs for testing. In a press conference on Monday, Espinoza said that biological fluids consistent with blood were discovered inside the Airbnb property. In Spanish, Walter Espinoza, the director general of the OIJ said, “the body was in a state of decomposition but the preliminary observation does verify the body is a woman.” At this time, authorities have not been able to confirm that the body is Stefaniak. OIJ agents had been searching the area with specialized dogs. Stefaniak, who last posted on her social media page Monday, was staying in San Jose at the time, at the Airbnb Villa Buena Vista.Authorities in Costa Rica say that a body has been found on the Airbnb property where missing Florida woman, 36-year-old Carla Stefaniak, was staying.Ĭosta Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) tells WFTS that the body was buried in a mountainous area located in the back of the property, less than 200 feet away from where Stefaniak had been staying. The status of Caicedo's immigration standing was not immediately clear. ICE authorized his request, the station reported. "I'm sure that they must have already been made contact to ask for ransom or some thing of that type."Ĭaicedo petitioned the agency to allow him to travel to Costa Rica because of his immigration status, according to Telemundo 51.

"I am convinced that she is kidnapped," he said.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement office that he also believed Stefaniak had been kidnapped. On Monday, Stefaniak's father, Carlos Caicedo, told reporters outside a Florida U.S. FBI officials have not confirmed that information. Mario Caicedo told NBC 6 sister station Telemundo 51 that investigators in Costa Rica believe Stefaniak was kidnapped because she checked in for her flight but never boarded. Man arrested in connection to hit-and-run that left man fighting for his life in Miramar
