Private investigator helps track down horse thief

By Susanna Speier
Denver Private Investigator Blogger

According to Sun Sentinel reporter Kate Jacobson, 36 year-old Elena Richart Escota was arrested last week for horse theft. Sixty-two year old Mexico City resident Gonzalo Senosiain had left three prized horses, worth $220,000 under Escota’s care.

After noticing a surge of excessive Visa card activity, Senosiain demanded Escota return to Mexico with the horses. When his phone messages went unreturned and she vacated the Wellington property –taking the horses with her– he got a private investigator on the scene.

While Jacobson’s article does not specify the word done by the private investigator –there were also deputies involved– one can infer the attempted $65,000 online sale of one of the horses, on Facebook pages and groups was the work of a PI and — More—