The estranged husband of a Florida realtor who vanished in Spain during a nasty divorce has refused to take a lie detector test by the FBI – although he said he desired to “clear the air” and prove he was connected to the case, in keeping with a report.
Ana Knezevich, 40, a US citizen originally from Colombia, vanished in Madrid in early February while going through a bitter split from her husband, David Knezevich, 35, in keeping with family and friends.
The Serbian-American man has refused to take a polygraph test offered by the FBI, the Spanish news outlet Caso Abierto reported, citing sources with knowledge of the probe, in keeping with The Olive Press.
Florida — where the couple used to live in Fort Lauderdale — accepts lie detector tests as evidence in criminal investigations but a suspect may refuse to take one, in keeping with the report.
Last month, David said he desired to “clear the air” over Ana’s disappearance, his lawyer, Ken Padowitz, told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo.
He said the estranged husband was living in Serbia — and insisted the couple’s split was amicable.
Knezevich and her husband had run a tech consulting business in Florida before she traveled to Madrid for some peace of mind, in keeping with her friends.
Asked why David had not traveled to Spain to help local authorities, Padowitz said his client could be of little use.
“He has no friends in Spain, he has no relatives in Spain, he doesn’t own property in Spain, he doesn’t speak the Spanish language,” the lawyer told Cuomo last month.
“So, for him to be expected to unexpectedly fly to a different country that he hasn’t been in and to try and do something there doesn’t seem very productive,” he added.
The attorney didn’t immediately respond Monday to requests for comment concerning the lie detector test report.
Ana rented an apartment in Madrid in December and had been corresponding usually together with her friends before going missing Feb. 2.
Her friend Sanna Rameau told WSVN she sent a text the day she vanished, but didn’t get a response.
The next day, she got a message from Ana’s phone saying she had met a person and so they had a novel “connection” almost immediately.
“We received very bizarre messages from her phone, I actually have to say ‘from her phone’ because I don’t consider it was her sending it, that Saturday afternoon after she disappeared. That she had met a person on the road,” Rameau said.
Rameau told the Each day Mail that her friend had recently been using the Bumble dating app and police have interviewed men she chatted with from the location.
The estranged husband of a Florida realtor who vanished in Spain during a nasty divorce has refused to take a lie detector test by the FBI – although he said he desired to “clear the air” and prove he was connected to the case, in keeping with a report.
Ana Knezevich, 40, a US citizen originally from Colombia, vanished in Madrid in early February while going through a bitter split from her husband, David Knezevich, 35, in keeping with family and friends.
The Serbian-American man has refused to take a polygraph test offered by the FBI, the Spanish news outlet Caso Abierto reported, citing sources with knowledge of the probe, in keeping with The Olive Press.
Florida — where the couple used to live in Fort Lauderdale — accepts lie detector tests as evidence in criminal investigations but a suspect may refuse to take one, in keeping with the report.
Last month, David said he desired to “clear the air” over Ana’s disappearance, his lawyer, Ken Padowitz, told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo.
He said the estranged husband was living in Serbia — and insisted the couple’s split was amicable.
Knezevich and her husband had run a tech consulting business in Florida before she traveled to Madrid for some peace of mind, in keeping with her friends.
Asked why David had not traveled to Spain to help local authorities, Padowitz said his client could be of little use.
“He has no friends in Spain, he has no relatives in Spain, he doesn’t own property in Spain, he doesn’t speak the Spanish language,” the lawyer told Cuomo last month.
“So, for him to be expected to unexpectedly fly to a different country that he hasn’t been in and to try and do something there doesn’t seem very productive,” he added.
The attorney didn’t immediately respond Monday to requests for comment concerning the lie detector test report.
Ana rented an apartment in Madrid in December and had been corresponding usually together with her friends before going missing Feb. 2.
Her friend Sanna Rameau told WSVN she sent a text the day she vanished, but didn’t get a response.
The next day, she got a message from Ana’s phone saying she had met a person and so they had a novel “connection” almost immediately.
“We received very bizarre messages from her phone, I actually have to say ‘from her phone’ because I don’t consider it was her sending it, that Saturday afternoon after she disappeared. That she had met a person on the road,” Rameau said.
Rameau told the Each day Mail that her friend had recently been using the Bumble dating app and police have interviewed men she chatted with from the location.
