Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon - El Pianista full trail

Footage taken from Romain C: Kremers and Froon were students from Amersfoort in the Netherlands. They had spent six months planning their trip to Panama, which was supposed to serve as part vacation, part service trip. They planned on spending some time hiking and touring while also volunteering with local children, teaching arts and crafts, and learning Spanish. The two women had been hiking around the Panamanian jungle for the past two weeks as part of a backpacking mission trip and intended to stay for the next four weeks with their host family to volunteer at a local school. However, after they waved goodbye to their family at 11:00 AM on April 1st, they were never seen again. The women had written a Facebook post, in which they wrote about their intentions to tour the local village. They also wrote that they had had brunch with two fellow Dutchmen before embarking on their hike. On the night of April 1, the host family noticed something was wrong. Their dog had returned, safe and sound, but alone — the girls were nowhere to be found. The host family searched the area around their home but decided to wait until morning to alert the authorities. On April 2, Kremers and Froon missed an appointment with a local tour guide who was supposed to take them on a private walking tour of Boquete, which prompted the host family to alert authorities. The next morning an aerial search of the forest was conducted, as well as a foot search of the village and the lightly wooded...