The goal is to educate people on traveling, to try and prevent others from feeling their pain of losing someone they loved so much. They also plan to create a non-profit named after her. The family will now have to plan a memorial service and funeral for Stefaniak. Losing one of my best friends Carla was unbearable," Gregory Zwolinski, Stefaniak's friend, said. "I don't wish this on any enemy, my worst enemies even. While that offers her family some relief, they wish more than anything that Stefaniak was still here. However, he has not been charged for her murder. Costa Rican authorities said the man they've arrested was a guard at the hotel where she was staying. On Monday, Stefaniak's body was found buried on the property where she was staying.Īuthorities said she had multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma to the head. The Costa Rica trip was to celebrate her birthday with her sister-in-law who went home one day earlier. Stefaniak's brothers spent more than a week in Costa Rica searching for her when she went missing on November 28. "People that know her and people that didn't know her, they can see something special in her smile, so that's how we want her to be remembered," Stefaniak's brother Mario Caicedo said. What happened to her was gruesome, but her family says they don't want people to remember her that way. This past week, Stefaniak's father had to do the unimaginable - identify his daughter's body. Before leaving for Costa Rica, Stefaniak's best friend said they got to see Carla one last time. Friday night with her remains.Ĭarla Stefaniak's family have an emotional road ahead. Her family arrived at Tampa International airport around 11:30 p.m.
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