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Missing American Student Found Dead at Devil’s Peak

In the News Today: The body of an American student from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who had recently moved to South Africa has been found after she went missing in Western Cape.

Brook Cecilia Cheuvront, 20, went hiking on Saturday at Devils Peak at Table Mountain National Park near Cape Town before her body was found on Sunday.

Western Cape police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie told IOL that a search party found the woman’s body at around 2pm on Sunday.

“We can confirm that the body of the missing hiker was found by a search party at about 2pm on Sunday, 22 September 2024, in an area which is part of Devils Peak and retrieved by EMS helicopter,” said Pojie.

He said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the possible cause…continue reading HERE.

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