Overview
- The body of Natalia Villalba Angarita was discovered Monday, June 22, inside a partially open suitcase placed in a shower with the water running after cleaning staff entered a temporary rental whose reservation had ended.
- Colombian prosecutors and the CTI are treating the case as a likely violent homicide with feminicide considered and have sent the corpse to the Institute of Legal Medicine for necropsy, biological and toxicological tests that remain pending.
- Security cameras and building records show at least two foreign visitors during Villalba’s stay, including a U.S.-linked reservation early in June and a British citizen captured entering on June 17 and leaving June 18, the latter now reported to have left Colombia.
- Investigators recovered two passports for Villalba with different surnames, found the victim’s cellphone missing, and are reconstructing her recent movements and international trips to Madrid and Rio de Janeiro to match travel and contact records.
- The case has renewed focus on risks tied to short-term rentals and gender-based violence in Bogotá as the family presses for answers and authorities consider measures such as Interpol cooperation without having filed formal charges.