Man bragged 'no body, no crime' before murdering girlfriend after hotel row

Man bragged 'no body, no crime' before murdering girlfriend after hotel rowAnna Laura Costa Porsborg, whose body has not been found, was last seen at a hotel in December 2022. Her boyfriend has now been convicted of her murder and his ex remains missing tooCommentsNewsGemma Strong Features Writer05:00, 19 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesAnna Laura Costa Porsborg vanished in December 2022. She has never been seen or heard from again, and her body has never been foundA man has been convicted of murdering his army reservist girlfriend despite the fact her body has never been found.‌This month, Luis Antonio Gomes Akay, 39, was found guilty of murdering Anna Laura Costa Porsborg, 22, in 2022.. A jury deliberated for less than three hours before reaching its verdict. Gomes Akay now faces 25 years to life in prison and is scheduled to appear at a sentencing hearing on 27 April.‌The court heard that the couple travelled from New Jersey to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve 2022 and checked into a hotel in El Segundo. They visited sites around the local area over the following days - but on 27 December, they got into an argument after going to a bowling alley.‌They returned to their hotel, but Porsborg was never seen or heard from again. Her body has never been found.View 3 ImagesAnna Laura Costa Porsborg, shown here with her mother, Erbena CostaA news release from the Los Angeles County DA's Office said that Gomes Akay was seen dragging a large suitcase from the hotel two days later, while phone and GPS evidence showed he then drove to the Angeles National Forest where he remained for about an hour. He then went back to the hotel and initially reported Porsborg missing.‌"Evidence presented at trial showed the defendant was controlling, jealous and possessive," the release reads. "Several prosecution witnesses flew from Brazil to testify that one of the defendant’s previous girlfriends, 24-year-old Ana Claudia Dos Santos, had gone missing in Brazil after breakin...