Overview
- A Los Angeles jury on Friday found Luis Antonio Gomes Akay guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 disappearance of Army reservist Anna Laura Costa Porsborg even though her body has not been found.
- He remains in custody ahead of an April 27 sentencing and his attorney says he will appeal the conviction.
- Surveillance showed him dragging an overfilled suitcase two days after she was last seen, and phone and GPS data placed him in the Angeles National Forest for about an hour before he returned and reported her missing.
- Jurors heard friends say he often repeated “no body, no crime”, and witnesses from Brazil said a former girlfriend vanished after leaving him.
- Porsborg’s mother in Brazil alerted authorities after her daughter’s messages stopped during the trip, which led to FBI involvement in the case.