British man pleads guilty of brutal murder of tourist in Costa Rica

June 24^th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Alfred Saunders, a 21-year-old British citizen from London, has pled guilty to the brutal murder of Czech tourist, Alexandra Drbohlavova, 22, while she slept in her tent at an eco-farm in Colonia La Libertad.  Saunders stabbed the woman 15 times in her face, neck, and chest.

Family members of the farm owner where the murder took place were able to overpower Saunders after the murder, tie him up, and deliver him to local police.

It later emerged that Saunders, the son of wealthy academics, was allowed to enter Costa Rica the day before the murder despite an Interpol alert describing him as a dangerous individual with a violent background.

The Interpol alert had linked him to a string of offences including sex crimes, possession of explosives and a fatal assault.  The alert also warned that Saunders was likely “to commit offences with minors,” and suffered from mental illness.

Saunders, whose father is an English professor and whose mother is a psychoanalyst, is facing 25 years in a maximum-security unit.

Saunders, who has been in preventive detention for the past 18 months, has never revealed his motive for the murder.