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(NewsNation) — Felipe Henao, the member of Ana Knezevich Henao, and household lawyer Adam Ingber joined NewsNation's "CUOMO" connected Monday to sermon the evident decease by termination of David Knezevich, Knezevich Henao's estranged husband, who was accused of kidnapping and sidesplitting her successful Spain successful February 2024.
Attorneys for Knezevich released a connection earlier Monday confirming his decease successful national prison.
"The defence squad is devastated to larn of this news. We sincerely anticipation that an due and punctual probe volition beryllium concluded," it read.
Felipe Henao described the quality of Knezevich's decease arsenic heartbreaking.
"This is each a large calamity for my sister and my family," helium told Chris Cuomo. "We had the naive anticipation he'd travel cleanable and archer america what helium did with her. Now, that's not going to happen."
Knezevich, a businessman from South Florida, was arrested successful May 2024 astatine Miami International Airport. Prosecutors said helium traveled to his autochthonal Serbia successful January of that twelvemonth amid a contentious divorcement and fiscal disagreements with his wife. Once there, officials accidental helium drove a rental car to Spain, wherever his woman was residing, and soon aft kidnapped and killed Knezevich Henao, carrying her assemblage retired of her Madrid flat successful a suitcase the evening of Feb. 2.
Her assemblage has ne'er been found.
"You tin ne'er suffer hope," Felipe Henao said connected "CUOMO." "Now that the authorities don't person to absorption connected a trial, they tin put that clip connected uncovering wherever she is truthful we tin mourn for her."
Knezevich's proceedings connected kidnapping and execution charges was to person begun successful June. Prosecutors are expected to driblet the charges against Knezevich pursuing his death.
"She made maine who I americium today," Felipe Henao said successful representation of his sister. "That's wherefore I emotion her. I miss her."
