Im just pointing out some peculiar things worth noting. Indeed it does not even accidentally appear. If there are documented river paths, this could be a way to find that exact same location. Brought to trial and prosecuted successfully: highly unlikely, less than 1%. I also see something above the brown circle, like a ring of colored balls or ???? This case has captivated me. The BLUE object on ground could be a BRA. However being one of the last photos taken this location would be incredibly important to have investigated back in 2014 (or even still). I noticed this too. At dawn the rain stops and she sets out. If I remember correctly half of a pelvic bone was found that belong to the other girl so I think we should give the other girl some thought. You can see a kind of nose and lips. This article seems to have a crop from high resolution version of the above photo. After taking a deep dive into all the evidence and flying out to Panama to do their own investigation, the pair concluded that the girls' deaths were an accident. Theyre also exceptionally rugged and dangerous, especially during the April-to-October wet season. Look for an ex-military man who may be the culprit. This was either something catastrophic or a developing situation due for example to them getting lost. However, Dutch authors Marja West and Jrgen Snoeren claim they have solved the mystery in their bookLost in The Jungle. I have seen comment to suggest that they could have made the trip to the divide returned and then gone to another place but then why no more fotos on either phone or camera? In fact, its probable to some degree. I dont think theres anything untoward I think shes saying look at this tunnel. December 20, 2022. No Chris, I assure you, police investigations are routinely botched like this in the third world. To the right of the body is a cross fashioned out of two poles, as is customary in Panama. perhaps there is much that was missed by a very bungled police investigation. One indication is that I cannot see the shoulder strap of her top that is obscured by her white/fair forearm. I think this picture of Kris is a picture of her circling around looking for where they entered the jungle. People usually have dogs for a mild form of protection. Ive met a few people that have maintained their pet in the same way as we do in the USA. But I see him in none of L&Ks photos. I find it odd that the young American girl was murdered not long after this not far away as with the taxi driver who was found depended likely murdered. Slight left and up from the girl. It only makes the image look more detailed, but the detail is artificial and can be very misleading. Right hand is on her hip/slightly behind back, the left is hanging down on her side or in her pocket I cant tell. This is an interesting analysis, of this photos and the case in general. I would like to know their movements precisely from arriving in Boquete. Thats perplexing to me. Teams investigatedfor 10 days; their hunt scaled down on April 14, 2014, though continued on for 10more weeks. This case really creeps me out, specially the findings and the pictures. Like you, I also live abroad in a developing country. The Panamanian government had requested that the U.S. deploy assets including Navy salvage divers and sonar to aid in the search effort and locate the wreckage in the days after the crash, but the request was denied due to a lack of assets and jurisdiction, according to a statement from the Velleman and Borries families. That does not make sense if they were genuine. She uses Kris phone, instinctively entering her own pin number. Kris was not happy with the situation and was just going along and not looking too cheerful in the pictures. Was it taken on the afternoon of April 1st before their first distress call? It is the morning of April 8th. The girls took photos of so many things, even many mundane thingsbut for some reason the dog wasnt present in any of the photos. View our online Press Pack. If Kris were injured and they couldnt use the phone, then why didnt Lisanne go get help? There was no signal!! And she can only hope that Kris will wake up. In the days following the students' disappearances, authorities conducted footand aerial searches. Yes! I dont think there was actual foul play. She is obviously excited by the weird place they have found. I am not an investigator but I find it very strange that there were no witnesses found either tourists or locals on the trail. They provide a live accounting of missing-persons cases. For a time, manysuspected Froon and Kremers never got lost on the mountain, but wereinstead victims of a crime in town; this later proved false. Ive been to Brasil and the Amazon and spent nights there in the rain with a crowd though. The mystery remains unsolved to this day, and there is still little certainty around the tragic deaths of the two Dutch students. What people are mistaking as blood from her nose and lip is again just a shadow cast from her nostril and lower lip due to the bright sun. You have to look hard. Several of the relatives and friends of those visitors to the Quintana Roo who went missing formed a group named "Truth, Memory, and Justice" in an attempt to . Hence the bras and everything safely stacked in the backpack together both girls sunglasses and both girls phones (otherwise each girl would be carrying her own phone). People have long realized that its up to the public to solve this. To Janice To me it looks as if shes holding up one hand cupping her ear as if to hear something being shouted to her. I think Juantarctica made a compelling case on YouTube for this theory. The roof or cover is not substantial enough to keep out rain but it could work as camouflage from the air. Is there a head count of how many people have perished using the hiking trail in, say the last 10 years? The consumption of Ayahuasca as a religious experimental drug is becoming very common in different countries. Hi Abrahm, thank you for your comment. Many cold cases have been solved years later. Thanks for the observation. The backpack contained sunglasses, a camera, two cell phones,money,two bras, Froon's passport, and a water bottle. Wonder if this case has any similarities? Can it explain Lisannes foot that was broken? Also I wish we new more details on the phones. I havent seen any discussions on this. According to one web sleuth, the snaps taken on the camera a week after the girls vanished might have been taken with the flash to light up the path as they stumbled through the dark jungle. They couldnt have been that far away from the return trail to Boquette. Curious if people have found these specific locations and done some extensive testing and exploring in those and surrounding areas? It IS strange that the attempted SOS calls were so few. Hopefully, this 2021 investigation can find the truth of exactly what happened. And the hair photo shows him holding Kris by the neck (you can see his fingers, one wearing a silver ring with faces engraved on it). It begins to rain. From January to October, 86 Navajo men and women have gone missing nationwide, said Meskee Yanabah Yatsayte, a missing-persons advocate for . Update Dec 2, 2021: The full-resolution version of this photo was released in 2021. Two months after the backpack was found, a pelvic bone and foot still inside a boot were discovered in the same area, according to La Estrella de Panama. His family told Fox News that he had been traveling by himself and he was in good health. This is the reason that police, journalists and military personnel often disappear and governments struggle to combat crime, not to mention corruption within law enforcement itself. I did not cover all of the accidents and trials and tribulations along the way leading to their death.Jim. Yes, the photo data was manipulated. I have seen her stick out her tongue and other photos of her. We can only speculate without more evidence of that. I could be wrong, but until I see some compelling evidence to the contrary, Im sticking with Juans theory. The rich live in gated communities. To Jane I just gave the brief overall story of what I think happened. Hope this was not a member of one of those mad religious sects that, over the years, have been torturing and killing people in Panama. Many people in El Salvador permit their dogs to roam freely outside in the streets and forests. And the police know who it is, but will not say anything. They protested in China - now they've gone missing. Why? For what reason? You will notice another branch of dead leaf just below it. He wants the gringos to go away and leave him in peace. A priest of sorts. Youre welcome to do that other places online. Theres no evidence that animals scavenged the Holandesas., Panamanian IMELCF Forensic Anthropologist, This is from the Daily Beast interview with Jeremy Kryt titled: The Lost Girls, the Bones, and the Man in the Panama Morgue. Alex Humphrey disappeared . Lastly, I totally see animal pelts inside the structure. https://koudekaas.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-disappearance-of-kris-kremers-and.html. I have seen some gruesome stuff where a captor will smash the feet of a captive to prevent escape. I dont buy it that those girls were murdered on the pianista trail. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Police cant be that stupid, but they hope that we are that stupid. However, with the high resolution photo, you can more clearly see an organized structure over her head. The causes of Kremerss and Froons tragic death have never been determined and the two bodies that were recovered have not even been conclusively found to be either of the girls. In all of the photos, there is zero evidence to suggest that the dog was truly with the girls on their hike into the forest. A piece of evidence that is irrefutable. That is the big picture of this case. People in developed countries often have a more ideal view of what a pet represents. If the dog was with them, we cannot know for how long, nor why the dog left the girls. Its thought that Kremers and Froon were exploring nature without anyone else around. The left-side of her head is not hair or her hand, but just the foliage in the background. The night time photos are not relevant but the result of someone playing with the camera. If you take small part of a bigger image and blow it up to match the size/aspect ratio of other photos on the card, it will still keep the same number of pixels per square inch, but they will become much bigger. Call us in Washington, D.C. at 1-888-407-4747 (toll-free in the United States and Canada) or 1-202-501-4444 (from all other countries) from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). Maybe the girls did perish deep in the jungle, but that doesnt rule out somebody causing them to get lost. Thanks for the analysis though, I keep looking for new stuff, this case really gets to meI can see why people think this was a criminal act -I see that with some aspects of the case, however, I do think that it was the result of injury and or getting lost -I cant see a criminal 1) letting them keep their phones and camera and 2) letting the camera and phones being discovered. An explosion in tourism has saved Iceland's economy. Be careful. Blue is an uncommon color in the rainforest for anything of that size. Over four days, 77 separate attempts had been made to call the cops - using the emergency numbers in both the Netherlands and in Panama. Debra Ann Velleman, of Waukesha, Wis., and Sue Borries, of Teutopolis, Ill., are missing after their plane crashed off the coast of Panama on Jan. 3, 2022. Also and I am assuming the phones where in their possession the phones actually did acquire a signal some times but clearly they were not being used so they did not know. Yes, I can see that too Chyna Lee. We simply dont have enough information at this time. L&K photographed every part of the walk from the farm up to the summit; dog appears in none of their photos. Political corruption runs rampant, depending on the community, which has a cascading effect on law enforcement and local crime. if both then was the other found in their room? It also looks like that red item is around her neck as well. "Those flash floods made staging scenes or strategically placing items impossible.". Because of thedark, the pairmight have usedthe camera flash as a light sourceor to scare away animals.