
If convicted, Martinez faces up to 66 years in prison, the outlet reported.
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The trial is expected to last five days and 14 witnesses are expected to testify, including Stefaniak’s father, WTSP reported. Bismark Espinosa Martinez, 32, of Nicaragua, was taken into custody following the slaying of Carla Stefaniak, 36, who vanished from her San Jose vacation rental last Tuesday while celebrating her 36th birthday. “She cried a lot,” said González, adding that the distraught woman disclosed what she learned from the call, then left, according to the reports. Martinez worked as a security guard at the Airbnb property and was arrested on charges of homicide.Ĭarla González, a cleaning worker, testified Monday that she was with Martinez’s mother when the woman received a call from her daughter-in-law, claiming he confessed to killing Stefaniak, according to Costa Rican outlets Diaro Extra and La Teja. In November 2018, Venezuelan/American tourist Carla Stefaniak came to Costa Rica to celebrate her 36th birthday, but was brutally murdered by the security. Her body was found by cadaver dogs less than 200 feet from where she had checked in for the night, the report said. “It’s pretty sketchy here,” she reportedly wrote in a text. 27, 2018, when she texted her family about the lights going off at the Airbnb in San Antonio de Escazu, WFTS reported. She was last heard from on the night of Nov. Bismark Espinoza Martínez was sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing Carla Stefaniak who was staying at an Airbnb during a trip to Costa Rica to celebrate her birthday.

Stefaniak, an insurance agent from Miami, traveled to the Central American nation to celebrate her 36th birthday with her sister-in-law. Carla Stefaniak Killing: Officials Say Motive Behind Slaying Was Sexual in Nature By Nicole Rojas On 12/6/18 at 1:34 PM EST A Florida woman who was reported missing after a birthday trip to. A Costa Rican security guard accused of killing a Florida woman on vacation confided in his wife about the slaying after the victim was buried on the property of her Airbnb, according to reports.īismark Espinoza Martinez appeared in court Monday as the trial got underway for the November 2018 death of 36-year-old Carla Stefaniak, news station WFTS reported. One of the last photographs taken of Carla Stefaniak in Costa Rica shows the 36-year-old Florida woman wearing a white spa robe and dark sunglasses, her hair loose and slightly wavy.
