Missing person’s alerts and notices for Ana Maria Knezevic Henao, a South Florida woman who traveled to Spain and vanished, blanket the streets and ATM machines of the European nation and have been shared online and on TV repeatedly since the Colombian American woman was last seen on Feb. 2.
The alerts have been seen over 15 million times over the past week, according to Joaquin Amills Bonet, president of a Spanish missing persons volunteer organization helping in the search of the 40-year-old woman.
Amills Bonet told NBC News that his organization is in constant communication with relatives and friends of Knezevic Henao and that he is serving as the family’s spokesperson.
“Logically, fear is present,” Bonet said in Spanish. “We always say that hope is the last thing to lose, therefore, we must always be looking for Ana María in good condition, alive.”
Knezevic Henao, who was born in Colombia and became a U.S. citizen, was last seen at an apartment she had been renting in Madrid since December.
According to her family and friends, Knezevic Henao relocated to Madrid amid a difficult separation from her husband, a Serbian man named David Knezevic.
“Ana Maria wanted a divorce and to settle in Spain,” Amills Bonet said, adding that the woman began “divorce proceedings” in January, including contacting attorneys in Florida.
NBC News did not find any official divorce filings in Florida for the couple.
Knezevic Henao’s family and friends have said they believe the couple’s joint financial interests may have something to do with their contentious separation.
NBC News found three corporations registered under the couple’s names in Florida — EOX Technology Solutions Inc., Registered Corporate Agents LLC and EOX Capital LLC — all of which provide technology and other types of support for South Florida businesses.
“The marriage had significant financial assets,” Amills Bonet said.
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