Kris Kremers, 21, and Lisanne Froon, 22, who went out for a brief hike near a mountain resort in Panama in 2014 and never came back. What followed is a shocking an still unexplained story.

Kris Kremers, 21, and Lisanne Froon, 22, who went out for a brief hike near a mountain resort in Panama in 2014 and never came back. What followed is a shocking an still unexplained story. Kris Kremers And Lisanne Froon All 90 Photos; Kris Kremers And Lisanne Froon Photo 509; Lisanne Froon And Kris Solved. It is believed that more than 200 people lost their lives on 9/11 due to either falling or jumping from the World Trade Center. This photo, known simply as “The Falling Man” is the most well-known. Mysterious Documentation Of Their Death. In April of 2014, Kris Kremers, 21, and Lisanne Froon, 22, were Dutch tourists backpacking through. 21 hours ago  Jimmy Kremers added KRIS KREMERS & LISANNE FROON disappearance route, with ENGLISH subtitles. After an extensive search, portions of their bodies were found a few months later. Photo 509 photo 509 lisanne froon foto 50933 photo 509 panama foto 509 photo 509 true crime garage photo 509 kris kremers and lisanne froon foto Photo 509.

At the time of their disappearance, Kris and Lisanne were on break from their studies back in the Netherlands.

Kris and Lisanne arrived in Panama to serve as volunteer social workers—and to learn fluent Spanish—but someone had miscalculated.

Apparently, they arrived in Boquete a week early; the program administrators weren’t ready for them, and the assistant instructor had been “very rude and not at all friendly” about it, as Kris wrote in her diary.

“There was not yet a place or work for us so we could not start.… The school thought it odd as it was all planned since months ago,” Kris wrote, moments before leaving the room she shared with Lisanne to set out on the fatal hike that morning of April 1, 2014.

Witnesses say Kris and Lisanne left the trailhead, just north of Boquete, at about 10 o’clock on that sunny Tuesday morning. They were dressed in light clothing, and with only Lisanne’s small backpack to share between them.

Thanks to photos recovered from a camera later found in that same backpack, we know the women made fairly good time up to the Mirador. They are smiling and seem to be enjoying themselves in these images, and there is no indication of a third party being along with them—although there are reports that a local dog named Blue followed them at least part way up the trail.

Geographical features visible in the last few pictures indicate that by mid-afternoon the women had left the Pianista, and, perhaps accidentally, crossed over to the other side of the Divide.

These last images suggest them wandering off onto a network of trails not maintained by rangers or guides affiliated with Baru National Park. Such unmarked traces aren’t meant for tourists, but are used almost exclusively by indigenous peoples living deep within the forests of the Talamanca.

What began as a touristic hike soon became a tragedy. The girls who enjoyed their expedition and posed for pictures, were calling for help a couple of hours later.

No one who looks at the images, where both girls appear, can suspect that they were in danger.

Nevertheless, two hours after the above photo was taken, on the same day, at 16:39 to be more accurate, Kris was dialing 112. Something was wrong. It was the first of a series of calls that the girls made to the dutch emergency line.

12 minutes later, at 16:51, another call was made, this time from Lisanne’s Samsung cellphone, calling the same number.

The first distress call had been made just hours after beginning their hike: one from Kremers’s iPhone at 16:39 and shortly after that, one from Froon’s Samsung Galaxy at 16:51. None of the calls had gone through due to a lack of reception in the area except for one 911 call attempt on April 3 that lasted for a little over a second before breaking up.

After April 5, Froon’s phone battery became exhausted after 05:00 and was not used again. Kremers’s iPhone would not make any more calls either but was intermittently turned on to search for reception.

After April 6, multiple attempts of a false PIN code were entered into the iPhone; it never received the correct code again.

One report showed that between the 7th and 10th of April, there were 77 emergency call attempts with the iPhone.

On April 11, the phone was turned on at 10:51, and was turned off for the last time at 11:56

Nine weeks later, in mid-June, Lisanne’s pack was brought to authorities by a Ngobe woman—who claimed to have found it on the riverbank near her village of Alto Romero, in the Boco del Toros region, about 12 hours by foot from the Continental Divide.

The contents would cause a firestorm of speculation on both sides of the Atlantic: two bras, two smart phones, and two pairs of cheap sunglasses. Also a water bottle, Lisanne’s camera and passport and $83 in cash.

The discovery of the backpack prompted a renewed search, and by August the Ngobe had helped authorities locate about two handfuls of bone fragments, all found along the shores of the Rio Culebra, or the River of the Serpent.

DNA tests were positive — and also thickened the plot.

A total of five fragmented remains were identified as belonging to Kris and Lisanne— but the Ngobe had also submitted bone chips from as many as three other individuals.

The evidence was sufficient to make a positive DNA match to the victims, but there were not enough remains for examiners to render a conclusive verdict as to cause of death.

Aside from the bras in the backpack and one of Lisanne’s boots—with her foot and ankle bones still inside it—very little other clothing was ever found. One of Kris’s (empty) boots was also recovered. As were her denim shorts, which were allegedly found zipped and folded on a rock high above the waterline near the headwaters of the Culebra—about a mile-and-a-half upstream from where the backpack and other remains were found.

The condition of the bone fragments and bits of flesh, and where they were said to have been discovered, prompted a fresh round of questions by investigators and the press.

Why had so few remains been found? Why were there no marks on the bones? What did the presence of other human remains mean?

A series of over a hundred images, found on the digital memory card of Lisanne’s camera, gives us a glimpse of just how deep and dark it was.

The first dozen or so images found on the camera seem normal enough.

Tuesday, April 1, was a bright, sunny day. The women are smiling and cheerful and no third party is visible in any of the images. Aside from a few selfies taken at the overlook of the Divide, most of the pictures are shot by Lisanne, and many of them show Kris walking ahead of her on the trail, enjoying the sunshine and the primal beauty of the rainforest.

Then things get strange.

In the last few shots from that day we do indeed see Kris and Lisanne following an indigenous trail down the opposite side of the high ridge-crest that marks the division of the Pacific and Caribbean watersheds. Geographical features near a streambed visible in the last few photos place them about an hour from the top of the Divide—and still heading downhill, away from Boquete.

Court-certified forensic photography analyst Keith Rosenthal says the women might already be lost at the time these images were made.

The last image we have of Kris Kremers’s face, turning to look back into the camera as she crosses a streambed, could also be telling.

At least 90 photos from the camera were taken in complete darkness 10 days after they disappeared.

Someone took 90 photos between 1:00 and 4:00 AM. That’s one photo was taken every two minutes!

Just 3 of the 90 pictures taken on 8th April and retrieved from the memory card by the Dutch Forensic Medicine Institute show clear images. In the other photos, nothing can be clearly identified.

A number of clear pictures of the girls are followed by some strange images

The picture below was taken at 1:38 AM. The only thing to be seen is a rock surrounded by low vegetation. One minute later, photo ‘B’ was taken; it shows the branch of a bush over what seems to be a rock, surrounded by similar plants of that of photo ‘A’. The branch has in each end a red plastic bag. Close to the branch, there are chewing gum wrappers and other papers to be seen.

With which purpose were this photos taken? Was someone trying to send a message? Is the amount of pictures taken a sign of desperation or of imminent threat?

Lisanne Froon Photos Head Wound

Many of those who choose to believe Kris and Lisanne were murdered point to the fact that they didn’t leave behind any obvious goodbye messages to loved ones, as people stranded in the wilderness often do.

Here’s what we know now: All of the photos were taken in a steep, jungle environment, and the timing between them varies from just a few seconds—likely as fast as the camera could fire—to 15 minutes or more. According to the timestamp made by Lisanne’s SX270, these images were made on April 8. That means one of the women had already managed to survive more than a week without food or shelter in the wilderness.

A handful of these so-called “night pictures” were released to the press shortly after the backpack was discovered. Taken out of order and with no context, the publicly released photos fueled more conspiracy theories and even supernatural explanations for the tragedy.

In 2014, Dutch natives, Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon headed out for a hike in Panama and disappeared. Their remains were found months later, but their deaths remain a mystery.

The Disappearances of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon

Kris Kremers, 21, and Lisanne Froon, 22, arrived in Boquete, Panama for a six-week stay to learn Spanish and work with local children. They stayed with a local host family.

On April 1, 2014, the girls ventured out on a hiking trail known as Sendero El Pianista (The Piano Player) with their host family’s dog.

Later that night, the dog returned home without Kris and Lisanne.

Since their arrival in Panama, the girls regularly sent text messages to their families on a daily basis. Lisanne’s parents stopped receiving messages from her on April 1.

When the girls missed an appointment with a local guide on the morning of April 2, the guide called police, who conducted aerial searches of the area. Additionally, local residents searched for the girls as well.

The Investigation

On April 6, the girls’ parents arrived in Boquete along with police, dog units and detectives from the Netherlands to conduct a full-scale, 10-day search of the jungle. The parents also offered a 30,000 USD reward for information.

10 weeks later, a local tribal woman found Lisanne’s blue backpack in a rice paddy by a riverbank near her village of Alto Romero, in the Bocas del Toro region and turned it in to police. The woman claimed it had not been there the day before.

Inside contained Lisanne’s camera, two bras, the women’s cell phones – Kris’ Apple iPhone and Lisanne’s Samsung Galaxy – two pairs of sunglasses, 83 USD, and a water bottle. All the items were dry and in good condition.

The Phone Calls

The girls dialed 112, the emergency number in the Netherlands and 911, the emergency number in Panama, numerous times starting at 16:39 p.m. on April 1. The calls did not go through due to a lack of service in the area, except for one attempt at 911 on April 3. It lasted a little over a second before breaking up.

After April 5, Lisanne’s battery died sometime after 5:00 and was never used again. No more calls were made from Kris’ phone, but someone did turn it on to search for reception.

Someone attempted several times to enter a false PIN code on the iPhone; it never received the correct PIN again. Finally, on April 11, someone turned the phone on at 10:51 and turned it off for the last time at 11:56.

The Pictures

During the investigation, the Dutch Forensic Medical Institute retrieved pictures from a camera belonging to one of the girls. None of the pictures showed the girls under any sort of distress. In fact, they seemed to be enjoying their hike.

One week after the women vanished, someone took 90 pictures between 1:00 and 4:00 a.m. Only three images were clear; the others were hard to make out due to the darkness of the forest.

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”4″ gal_title=”Kremers-Froon”]

Discovery and Identification of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon

After the discovery of the backpack, new searches began along the Culebra (Serpent) river, a 12-hour hike from Sendero El Pianista. Two Ngobe women from a search party found Kris’ jean shorts on top of a rock on the opposite bank of the tributary; a few kilometers away from where Lisanne’s backpack was found. The shorts were zipped and neatly folded.

The discovery of the shorts prompted a new search along the Culebra river. Close to the location of the backpack, a hiking boot with a foot, femur, and tibia still inside, was found along with part of a pelvis and rib bone behind a tree. DNA testing confirmed the bones belonged to Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon. The boot and partial leg/foot belonged to Lisanne; the pelvis and rib belonged to Kris. Lisanne’s remains still had some skin attached to the bones. However, Kris’s remains were bleached, possibly due to sunlight or by phosphorus, a substance absent from the local non-volcanic soil.

Cause of death was never determined. However, the official report says the girls were dragged by the river.

Theories

There are a couple theories in this case.

Accidental Death

The girls lost their way, could not escape the harsh conditions, and somehow fell into the river. The river dragged the girls and they drowned. One got hurt or died first, followed by the other. It is possible that one of the girls was already dead when the 90 photos were taken. Experts believe this may have been a way for one of the girls to let loved ones know what happened to them, a record of events, if you will. I don’t believe this theory, although it cannot be ruled out, of course.

Murder

The circumstances behind the deaths, as well as the evaluation of the bones, raises the question on whether the girls were murdered. In addition, local law enforcement did not conduct a serious investigation for fear of hurting tourism.

A member of Panama’s Institue of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science (IMELCF) told Daily Beast that “total fragmentation of two human bodies is unlikely within such a short time frame. Especially in the cool, high-elevation environment where the bone fragments were found.”

Another expert, Dr. Georgina Pacheco also told Daily Beast, “There shouldn’t be bleaching on these bones.”

Famous expert, Kathy Reichs agreed with Pacheco and also found it odd “that there was no evidence of animal scavenging observed.” She continued her analysis by saying, “given the transport and exposure in a forest-riverine micro-climate, I would expect to see scoring, abrasion, or scavenging.”

The same IMELCF expert mentioned above also said, “The low number of bones, the lack of marks on them, and the presence of bleaching – all of those could suggest the use of lime, or a similar chemical, to speed up decomposition.”

Apparently, this is how Mexican cartels dispose of their victims. The expert says the girls’ remains have similar characteristics.

It is also possible that a serial killer is roaming the Boquete area.

More than two dozen other unsolved killings and disappearances in this same, mostly rural region of Panama over the last eight years—with more than two-thirds coming since 2014, when Kris and Lisanne went missing (Kryt, 2017).

The case remains unsolved. Daily Beast wrote very in-depth articles (see links below) Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon you should read. Jeremy Kyrt visited Boquete and investigate the case. He also interviewed locals and was able to obtain more pictures from the camera as well.

Sources:

Kryt, J. (2017). Did a Serial Killer Stalk the Lost Girls of Panama?. [online] Daily Beast. Available at: https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-a-serial-killer-stalk-the-lost-girls-of-panama [Accessed 5 Feb. 2018].

Kryt, J. (2016). The Lost Girls of Panama: The Full Story. [online] Daily Beast. Available at: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-lost-girls-of-panama-the-full-story [Accessed 3 Feb. 2018].

True Crime Diva’s Thoughts

Honestly, I have no clue what happened to Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, but I do tend to lean towards murder. Regardless, it truly is a classic case of bizarre.

Signs leading to accidental death theory:

• No sign of distress on the girls faces in several of the pictures.
• The emergency calls suggest they were in dire need of help.
• The calls with the wrong pin used could have been made by the other girl, not the owner of the phone. She did not know the pin but was trying different ones in an attempt to unlock the phone.
• The photos taken between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. suggest that one of the girls was deceased and the other was leaving a record of their fate for family and friends. In one photo on Daily Beast, it does appear that one of them attempted to spell something out with toilet paper, maybe SOS.
• The 90 photos were taken in the same location.
• No items were stolen, including cash and the camera.

Signs leading to murder theory:

• People believe the girls would never venture off the trail because they were unfamiliar with the area and not experienced hikers.
• The murderer attempted to enter the PIN code on the phone, not one of the girls.
• The killer took the photos taken between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. as a way to deceive police. Or whoever took the pictures had no clue how to use a camera. 90 photos seems to be extreme no matter who took them, IMO.
• The backpack was placed in the location it was found by the killer. The local woman who found it claimed it was not there the day before.
• Murder was sexually-motivated which is why the killer or killers did not steal any of the personal belongings. Perhaps, he or they thought the backpack would not be found.
• What happened to the rest of the girls’ remains? Experts said there was no evidence of animals scavenging the bones.
• No marks on the bones indicated they had been broken up on river rocks.
• The remains were found a long distance from the girls’ location.

The location of the remains discovered on the banks of the Rio Culebre in the sparsely populated area of Altos Romeros was a full day’s walk from Boquete across three swollen rivers and snake infested territory, according to MostlyMystery.com (The author resided in Pananma at the time of the girls’ deaths). How the hell did they end up so far away from the trail?

The killer knew the jungle extremely well, so maybe it was a local tour guide.

Kris Kremers’ and Lisanne Froon’s Clothing

One thing I found a little strange, and really has no relevance, is the fact that both girls wore shorts and tank tops on a hike in the jungle. Why on earth would you wear those instead of pants and a T-shirt or long sleeve shirt? Pants protect your legs from branch scratches, insect bites, etc. I realize it was warm, but no way would I have worn a tank top and shorts on a hike into the jungle. I don’t know, I found it weird. Granted, I’m not a hiker but I have gone on trails in wooded areas before, and I always wore jeans and a long sleeve shirt or T-shirt.

I also noticed the women did not wear hats to protect their heads from the sun. Honestly, in my opinion, Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon did not prepare well for this hike. Here’s an article on what is suggested you wear hiking. And here are The 10 Essentials of Hiking.

On Sendero El Pianista, the weather conditions can change at any moment. Sunny one minute, then raining hard the next. So, the clothes the girls choice of clothing is odd, which makes me wonder if they only intended to hike part of the trail, but something happened along the way.

The bra found in the backpack (the black multi-color one) looks like the same one Lisanne is wearing under her tank top in the pictures. That’s what it looks like to me, anyway. So, why did she take it off? For that matter, why were there bras in the backpack at all? It takes about 5 hours to hike all the way to the top and back down, so I don’t see a need to take undergarments off or even to change clothes. You’d be foolish, IMO, to try and swim in any body of water in a jungle. Did someone force them to undress?

Why was Kris’ shorts folded neatly and placed on a rock? Why did she take them off? I feel like someone else placed them there to be found. Where was her tank top? What about Lisanne’s clothes? Kris’s hiking boots?

The Ngobe

I wonder a little about the tribe members who found the shorts. The Ngobe live on land that encompasses almost 2,700 square miles in Panama. Part of this land falls near Boquete and Sendero El Pianista. I don’t know what kind of people they are, but maybe they had something to do with the deaths. I read they are shy people, but maybe there are a few bad seeds in the bunch.

More About the Trail

It is highly suggested that newcomers hire a trained guide when hiking this trail because it is not marked well for tourists and can be dangerous. So, why didn’t the girls use a guide? From what I understand, they did hire a guide but failed to meet up with him. I think that was the following morning, though. They also did not tell anyone where they were going. Why did they decide to hike unknown and dangerous territory alone? And why on earth did they not tell anyone where they were going? It just doesn’t make sense to me.

Lisanne Froon Kris Kremers Final Pictures

Did the girls take only one backpack? You see Kris wearing a backpack in one picture. This looks like the one that was found. Each hiker usually takes a backpack on a hike, so this is another thing I found strange. Maybe they only felt the need for one backpack.

Kremers Froon Images

More About the Pictures

We see a few pics of Kris later on the hike but why are there no pictures of Lisanne? We only see her at the beginning of the hike. I find this a little interesting because maybe someone else took the pictures of Kris. In a couple of them, she looks distressed. Maybe she knew they were lost or someone other than Lisanne took the picture. Or police never released all the pics of Lisanne, I don’t know.

Final thought: in one of the photos of Kris, her hands are behind her back and she is standing near what looks like some sort of opening, like an entrance to a small cave. I found this picture very strange and my first thought was someone tied Kris’ hands behind her back. Why are her hands behind her back? It’s probably nothing, but it’s a super creepy pic and a weird spot to take a picture. It’s obvious she was not on the trail in this pic.

I could easily spend more time on this case, but I’ve said enough! I don’t want to bore you!

What do you think happened to Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon?

Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2018 True Crime Diva