MIAMI (WSVN) - A South Florida businessman who was accused of killing his estranged wife in Spain has died.
The defense attorney for David Knezevich confirmed to 7News that their client died by suicide.
Knezevich was facing kidnapping and murder charges in connection with the Feb. 2024 disappearance of his estranged wife, Ana Knezevich.
In a statement to 7News, Knezevich’s defense team said:
“The Defense team is devastated to learn of this news. We trust that an appropriate investigation will be conducted.”
He was arrested in May of last year at Miami International Airport after Ana had been missing for a few months.
Investigators said the couple had been going through a contentious divorce.
Text messages between the couple, obtained by investigators, appears to show that he threatened to make the divorce proceedings difficult for her if she consulted an attorney without him.
Prosecutors said David traveled from Miami to Turkey and then to his home country of Serbia before he rented a car and drove to Spain. They added he allegedly kidnapped Ana from her apartment in Madrid, spray painted the cameras around the building, and then was seen leaving her apartment with a suitcase.
Further details of his death were not immediately available.
Despite months-long search across wooden areas of Italy and Spain, Ana’s body has not been recovered.
Her family fears they will never find her body. In a new statement following David’s death, the family said in part:
“The suicide of Ana’s murderer closes a painful chapter in our lives, previously filled with the dread that he might not face justice. Now, we may never know where he put Ana’s body.”
Ana’s best friend, Sanna Rameau, also released a statement that read:
“In the end, David chose the path of cowardice, taking his own life rather than facing the consequences of his actions. He robbed Ana, her family and loved ones of justice and the answers we deserve. His suicide was not an act of remorse – it was a final, selfish escape from accountability.“
According to a family friend, David did not leave a note.
His attorneys are now asking for an investigation into his death.
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