“There is no official confirmation yet, we have to wait for the identification of the body found and the report of the investigation,” RTL Info said.
The remains were found by fishermen in the Huambo district, according to the major Peruvian newspaper ‘Diario Correo’. “It is possible that they belong to the missing tourist Natacha de Crombrugghe,” according to the newspaper. “The rescue services will recover the remains.”
The remains were in an advanced state of decomposition and would belong to a woman with blond hair. According to the newspaper ‘La República’ they would have been dragged by the river. According to Huambo’s deputy prefect, Luis Alvarez, they were discovered two days ago.
Natacha de Crombrugghe disappeared on January 24. She would have left a hostel in the village of Cabanaconde in the Peruvian Andes alone for a trek through the Colca Canyon, a vast gorge that is very popular with tourists. Shortly after her disappearance, mountain guides, agents and volunteers searched more than 190 kilometers of hiking trails in the canyon for 50 days, to no avail.