Ecuador Charges British Man With Murder and Stalking in Model's Death

Matthew Ashley Foster-Smith, 46, was arrested in Ecuador on 28 June 2026 after Colombian model Natalia Villalba Angarita, 36, was found dead in a suitcase. Ecuadorian authorities charged him with both murder and stalking—a dual charge suggesting investigators view this as rooted in a coercive relationship rather than an isolated act.