“I guess that Carla fought,” the victim’s father, Carlos Caicedo Sr., told ABC Action News. Investigators continue to look for evidence, including Carla’s luggage, which has yet to be found. Espinoza declined to elaborate on the details of the attack, but indicated the victim had been hit on the head and stabbed on the neck and arms.Ĭarla Stefaniak A medical examiner reportedly wrote that Carla died from the neck wounds.Īuthorities also found evidence of a struggle inside Apartment 8, including blood and fluids that are currently being processed at a state lab. Authorities found Carla partially nude, wrapped in a plastic bag and buried behind the Airbnb she stayed at.
Martinez, who stayed in Apartment 7, was arrested earlier this month in connection with Carla’s murder.Īccording to the head of the Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department, Walter Espinoza, the 36-year-old lost her life due to a possible sexual assault. Authorities said she was attacked before could make her flight, inside Apartment 8 at the Airbnb Villa La Mas. “Someone has to take responsibilityĪs CrimeOnline previously reported, Carla never boarded her flight back to Miami on November 28. “What happened to my sister wasn’t just some coincidence,” Mario Caicedo told the Miami Herald. “ owed a duty to maintain its premises, in a reasonably safe condition, and to take reasonable care for the safety of Stefaniak and protect her from reasonably foreseeable criminal conduct by third parties and employees and agents.” “ knew or should have known of the potential danger in facilitating Martinez’s un-supervised access to vulnerable women guests in a private setting,” the lawsuit read. Further, the lawsuit claims Martinez was given the authority to open any apartment door at the villa without supervision and/or permission. Espinoza, of Nicaragua, was apparently an undocumented immigrant who lacked the correct credentials to work in Costa Rica. The lawsuit also accuses Airbnb of failure to screen suspected murderer, 32-year-old Bismark Espinosa Martinez, who worked as a security guard at the villa. The lawsuit, filed by Carla’s brothers, Mario Caicedo and Carlos Caicedo Jr., lists both Airbnb and the property owners as defendants. How do you protect your children from predators? Join Nancy Grace and a team of world-class experts for the online course ‘Justice Nation: Crime Stops Here’. “While defendant, Airbnb, posted complimentary and positive reviews of the resort property and its hosts, there are and were multiple reports since 2013 of guests who encountered bad experiences and recounted being victimized by personnel affiliated with the resort that Defendant, Airbnb sanitized from its own promotions and advertising materials,” the lawsuit reads, according to documents obtained by People. Carla was in Costa Rica celebrating her 36th birthday when she disappeared on her final night in the country, later found dead behind the Airbnb. People reports that according to a lawsuit filed at the Hillsborough County Court on Thursday, bad reviews and comments associated with Villa le Mas, in San Antonio de Escazú, were deleted, which may have changed Carla’s mind about staying there, had she read the negative reviews beforehand. The family of slain Florida woman Carla Stefaniak filed a lawsuit against Airbnb and property owners at a Costa Rican village after she was killed at while vacationing there.
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