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MISSING PERSON: Carla Stefaniak

If you have any information about Carla Stefaniak's wherabouts, contact the OIJ by phone at 800-800-0645 or on Whatsapp at 8800-0645.

Nine years later, US parents still searching for missing son in Costa Rica

Roma and Luda Gimelfarb have repeated the story so many times even their translator thinks she could recite it verbatim.

Search continues for missing woman in Montezuma, Costa Rica

The woman, Gerlinde Hahne, went for a walk on the afternoon of May 3 in the community of Delicias and has not been seen since.

US parents still looking for answers in son’s 2009 disappearance in Costa Rica

Roma and Luda Gimelfarb are in Costa Rica this week for what's become a tragic, annual ritual: searching for information about their son, David, who went missing in Rincón de la Vieja National Park in Guanacaste seven years ago today.

Man linked to Costa Rica murder case sentenced to 3 years for identity theft in US

Costa Rican police have wanted to question William “Bill” Ulmer regarding the disappearance and suspected murder of Barbara Struncova, his former live-in girlfriend, since December 2010.

Missing US hiker Cody Dial’s parents submit DNA to investigators

Police spoke plainly about the theory that the remains belong to Cody Dial, who went missing in the national park in July 2014, but a DNA test that would confirm to whom the bones belong is still weeks away.

Missing US hiker Cody Dial’s passport found with human remains in Corcovado National Park

A criminal investigation has been underway for several months but OIJ officials said the location of the body makes foul play unlikely.

Human remains in Corcovado could belong to missing US hiker Cody Dial

Police say it is "very likely" that human remains found in Corcovado National Park belong to U.S. hiker Cody Dial, 27, who has been missing since 2014.

Body of missing surfer found off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast

The body of missing surfer Ricardo Andrés González, 22, was found by relatives and authorities on Tuesday after he disappeared off the coast of Caldera in Costa Rica last weekend.
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