An influencer has been found dead in a tragic and brutal scene.
It’s with heavy hearts we report Natalia Villalba, a Colombian model and influencer, has been found dead… and the circumstances are so barbaric. According to local outlets El Tiempo and El País, Natalia had been staying in a short-term rental apartment this month in El Chicó, an opulent neighborhood just outside of Bogotá, Colombia. The influencer checked in on June 3 and was reportedly set to check out on June 21, but when the day came around, that never happened. So on June 22, a maid was sent to the room to clean, and the discovery they made will surely stick with them for life… The maid found Natalia not only dead, but shoved into a suitcase (not pictured above), which was placed inside a shower.
There are just no words… What a horrific scene.
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Little has been confirmed as far as what officially happened to the 36-year-old, but what we do know is an arrest has been made. Over the weekend, Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office Fiscalía Colombia announced on X (Twitter) that a British citizen named Matthew Ashley Foster-Smith had been arrested on suspicion of aggravated femicide and concealment, alteration, or destruction of material probative elements in connection with Villalba’s death.
In a translated tweet, the Fiscalía Colombia noted the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) found that Matthew “allegedly entered the property where the victim was alone, physically assaulted her until causing her death, and manipulated the body to place it inside a suitcase.”
How awful…
The tweet added:
“Subsequently, he carried out various maneuvers aimed at concealing what happened, altering the crime scene, and fleeing the location.”
En atención a una orden de captura obtenida por un fiscal de la Seccional Bogotá, y la expedición de una notificación roja de Interpol, la Policía Nacional de Ecuador aprehendió en el aeropuerto Internacional de Quito al ciudadano británico Foster Martinson, quien sería el…
— Fiscalía Colombia (@FiscaliaCol) June 27, 2026
Mayor Carlos F. Galán noted in a tweet of his own that a task force uniting authorities from Colombia, Ecuador, and the United Kingdom was able to track Matthew down to the Quito International Airport in Ecuador on Friday, where he was arrested. The Mayor wrote:
“In Bogotá, he who does the deed pays the price.”
Capturado en Ecuador el que sería el responsable del asesinato de Natalia Villalba.
Un grupo de trabajo conformado por @fiscaliacol y CTI Seccional Bogotá, @MigracionCol Regional Andina, @seguridadbog, @seguridadequito, Interpol de @PoliciaEcuador, Migración Ecuador y…
— Carlos F. Galán (@CarlosFGalan) June 27, 2026
Matthew, however, denied any involvement. In an interview with The US Sun just hours before his arrest, he claimed he was watching the World Cup when Natalia’s death occurred:
“It wasn’t me; I was watching England … After the match, I went into the shopping center, I mooched about, bought an ice cream, and came back later for the later games.”
The BBC has since reported that Matthew was allegedly previously jailed in 2023 for over two years on stalking offenses.
We hope more firm answers are revealed soon. Our hearts are with Natalia’s loved ones. Rest in peace.
For more information on violence against women, go to https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-for-survivors
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