Sanna Rameau describes her finest buddy, 40-year-old Ana Knezevich, as one of many sweetest individuals she's ever met.
“He's so cute, so candy,” Rameau mentioned. “She's humorous. She's good. She's adventurous.”
However now, Knezevich is lacking.
“Did somebody do one thing to her and I'm attempting to determine who it may very well be and why?” Rameau mentioned.
Knezevich had been dwelling in an residence in Madrid, Spain, since December, however on February 2, she disappeared.
Neighbors mentioned they final noticed him round 10pm that evening.
In response to Rameau, the transfer from Fort Lauderdale was a brand new starting for his buddy who was going via a tense time in his private life.
“She's divorced from her husband and he or she's going via that,” Rameau mentioned.
She mentioned she despatched a textual content message to Knezevich the day she disappeared, however he didn't hear again. The following day, nevertheless, Rameau obtained a message saying that Knezevich met somebody and was going to his dwelling two hours from Madrid and that the telephone service could be spotty. Rameau discovered the message “unusual” and believes somebody texted it from Knezevich's telephone.
“I attempted to reply by saying I used to be nervous about her, like 'she doesn't look secure,'” Rameau mentioned. “What’s she speaking about? This is mindless and my messages aren’t going via.
When he obtained no response the following day, Rameau contacted the police in Madrid.
On February 4, the chums additionally referred to as the native hearth division to do a welfare verify. They mentioned that Knezevich was not there.
“They haven't discovered it,” he mentioned. “It seems to be like she left the residence locked from the skin. That's the final we all know.”
Rameau mentioned authorities in Madrid informed him they discovered one thing unusual captured on surveillance video about half-hour earlier than Knezevich was final seen.
“A person with a helmet sprayed the surveillance cameras outdoors the listing of his residence and waited for 2 individuals to go away the constructing and took the chance to go inside and sprayed the surveillance digicam in elevator,” he mentioned.
Rameau mentioned Madrid police are investigating and the household is working with the FBI, however to date, they don’t have any leads.
“I truthfully really feel like I'm nonetheless dwelling in a dream, to be sincere with you,” he mentioned. “I’ve by no means felt this ache in my total life.”
Rameau sends this message to his buddy or somebody who could know the place she is.
“We miss him and we love him,” he mentioned. “We would like her again to security.”
This text was initially printed on NBCNews.com
