A body has been found in Peru that may belong to Belgian tourist Natacha de Crombrugghe, who has been missing since January, various national media report. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgium does not want to confirm or deny the news. “We have to wait for the identification and the report of the investigation.”
According to the authoritative Peruvian newspaper, the remains were Diario Correo found by fishermen in the Huambo district. The remains were in an advanced state of decomposition and would belong to a woman with blond hair. According to the newspaper, they were La Republica swept up by the river.
Natacha de Crombrugghe, a 28-year-old lawyer from Linkebeek, was on a tour in Peru. On Sunday evening, January 23, she arrived at the hostel La Estancia in the village of Cabanaconde. From there many tourists start hikes to the famous ‘Colca Canyon’, a deep vast gorge in the south of the country. Previously, Natacha visited the historic mountain town of Machu Picchu.
The young woman was traveling alone, the manager of the hostel in Cabanaconde told the police. The next day, the Brussels woman would have left for the trek through the Colca Canyon. Even now she left alone. Natacha left some of her luggage at the hostel, but never returned from her hiking trip.
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