20 Feb, 2024 @ 16:05
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Ana Knezevich latest: US expat, 40, was using dating app Bumble when she vanished from Spain three weeks ago – as details of ‘estranged’ husband emerge

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ANA Knezevich had just started using the dating app Bumble when she vanished from Madrid three weeks ago, it has emerged. 

The 40-year-old American expat was living in the upmarket neighbourhood of Salamanca when she seemingly disappeared into thin air on February 2. 

Police in Spain have not reported any significant leads but have begun interviewing the men she was chatting to on Bumble, according to reports. 

Alarm bells have been ringing since it emerged a man in a helmet was seen spray-painting the CCTV cameras of her building on the day she was last seen. 

READ MORE: What happened to Ana Knezevich? Timeline of disappearance of US expat who vanished from Spain’s Madrid

Ana Knezevich had just started using the dating app Bumble when she vanished from Madrid three weeks ago, it has emerged

Knezevich, a real estate agent from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but of Colombian origin, is currently going through a ‘messy’ divorce from her Serbian-American husband David Knezevich, family and friends have said. 

The pair, described as ‘estranged’, own a tech-support company together.

The whereabouts of her 35-year-old spouse are currently unknown, reports New York Post. There is no suggestion he is involved in her disappearance.

Her brother Felipe Henao told MailOnline: “My mother is devastated. I wish I had something new, I wish Ana was back already.

“I just hope someone with information comes forward to tell us what they know.”

Ana’s friends have now flown into Spain to help with the investigation, including by launching a crowdfund for private detectives.

MISSING: Ana Knezevich has not been seen for three weeks

The president of Spain’s National Centre for Missing Persons (CNDES), Joaquin Amills, this week said he had only seen a few similar cases during his 14 years on the job. 

On the day of her disappearance, Ana told a friend she was looking at an apartment to rent long-term. 

Then the next day, on February 3, out-of-character text messages that switched between English and Spanish were sent from her phone. 

The first message told friends she had met someone and that they were going on a trip somewhere ‘a couple of hours away’ from Madrid, insisting they had made an ‘instant connection’. 

Hours later, she then told them that she would not have good phone service for a while. 

On February 4, concerned friends filed a missing persons report. Police searched her apartment and found nothing out of the ordinary. The investigation remains confidential.

The US authorities, as well as the US Embassy in Spain are following the case closely.

Ana is described as being 1.45m tall with long, brown, wavy hair and brown eyes.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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