US EditionMobile Phone of Belgian Missing in Tasmania for 2,5 Years Found
A private search led to finding Celine Cremer's phone 2.5 years after her disappearance, with police now conducting forensic analysis and cadaver dog searches.
- On Saturday, searchers located a device identified as belonging to missing Belgian hiker Celine Cremer, marking a major breakthrough more than two years after she vanished near Philosopher Falls area, Tasmania.
- Cremer was last seen on June 17, 2023, when she disappeared near Philosopher Falls; police searched for two weeks before suspending the search on July 10, 2023 after experts said she could not have survived in bad weather.
- Led by private investigator Ken Gamble, the search party including four of Cremer's friends from Belgium recovered a Samsung mobile phone with a lilac case 60m from her last recorded location.
- Detectives are now examining the device forensically, and authorities attended the scene, used a cadaver dog to search an area, while police support the renewed search.
- With weather causing a Sunday postponement, around 35 people said the find gave hope, and Rob Parsons said, `It put so much wind in everyone's sails`, as search is expected to resume Tuesday.
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A missing woman's cellphone has been found in the Tasmanian wilderness, not far from where she was last seen, and new evidence could help shed light on the truth.
Mobile phone of Belgian missing in Tasmania for 2,5 years found
A private investigator has found a mobile phone that belongs to a Belgian tourist that went missing the Australian island state of Tasmania in June 2023. Australian media report the phone belonged to Céline Cremer from Liège.
More than two years after her disappearance, the mystery remains intact. Céline Cremer, a 31-year-old Belgian tourist, has no longer given a sign of life since June 2023. While the investigation is at a standstill, the young woman's relatives, surrounded by experienced volunteer hikers, organized a new research operation on the scene of her disappearance, in the northwest of Tasmania (Australia).The research has borne fruit: the young woman's ph…
Searcher tells of 'emotion, excitement' when Celine Cremer's phone found
One of the key searchers involved in the renewed hunt for missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer has told of the emotion and excitement when her mobile phone was found, two and a half years after she disappeared in Tasmania.
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