My only thought on this is that I’ve personally never seen an English-speaker use the contraction “2h” for 2 hours. Spanish-speakers do, however, such a contraction both for timings and the hour. So, if I meet you at 14h, it’s two o clock etc. But so too would a Spaniard say “it’s a 2h movie” etc
Not sure if that's of importance, but in Europe, the "2h" format is common in many countries.
Sadly, I find it more likely someone would simply use her phone posing as her (though this assumes she had no pin code on her phone? Or the pin code was demanded?).
I'm assuming she did have a pin on her phone - or a fingerprint reader. IMO most adults do, especially if they have bank and work stuff on the phone, too. So in my mind, the culprit got access to her phone - either via knowing the pin (likely) getting it out of her that night (notably less likely), or having another access:
actually, I mostly use the fingerprint reader, because it's just faster than typing. And AFAIK, fingerprints are still readable post-mortem, at least for some time. Of course her family and friends might know if her phone had a fingerprint reader or what model it was.
Upon reflection, what really surprises me is the fact that the messages are, essentially, identical!
This is what makes me feel sure that the messages are not sincere: either sent by someone else after she was killed or immobilized (more likely) or sent by her with someone forcing her (notably less likely, would you give a kidnapped person a phone for texting? I don't really think so, pointless risk).
I can understand sending identical if it's something mundane to many people ("the meeting will be at 11 not 10 because I have a dentist in the morning") or contains some info you have to copy anyways ("my bank account is 12345678765432, no rush!") or maybe is sharing the same meme with a small comment ("OMG, just like John!"). But not something in 2 different languages, several hours apart and about meeting someone really special. These texts were not sent by a girl falling in love.
Even though he was in Florida in January to file a police report for his "stolen motorcycle equipment..." I wonder if his "helmet" got stolen too.
My first thought about him reporting a theft so close to the event - disposing of evidence.
I'm going to be blunt here:
Statistically, it's the ex-husband.
Looking at the facts in this case, it's someone who has a personal motive, knows her very well, has some knowledge of Columbian Spanish, had the motive to send out these texts, and had the access to her phone.
And then the ex-husband is not really helping to find her and goes to Serbia.
I'll eat my hat if he's not involved.
