Please check my very detailed and comprehensive blog posts for more information and photos regarding the disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon: htt. Kris Kremers And Lisanne Froon All 90 Photos - podfasr. Part 3 with all the photos in The disappearance case of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon in Panama, Boquete 2014 - an ongoing mystery (Part 3; archive) The missing Dutch girls in Panama If you are new here, please start reading about the disappearance of Kris and Lisanne in my first blog post, here. Friends Kris Kremers (born August 9th, 1992) and Lisanne Froon (born September 24th, 1991) were two Dutch tourists who went missing under mysterious circumstances in early April of 2014 while on vacation in Panama, allegedly disappearing during a hike on the Pianista trail near Boquete. Oct 27, 2017 Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon, Disappeared April 1st 2014, Continental Divide in the rainforests of Panama’s highest cordillera near Boquete. Dutch girls, Kris Kremers, 21, and Lisanne Froon, 22, went on a hike in the Continental Divide of Panama on.
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Boquete, Panama: a tropical Central American paradise lying 40 miles from the border with Costa Rica. With a population of only 20,000, a pleasantly cool climate, and a wide variety of exotic wildlife, it has become a haven for artists, ex-pats, and tourists. 14% of the town’s population are foreign nationals, mostly North American. In recent years, Boquete has become extremely popular with Dutch tourists hoping to learn Spanish whilst volunteering with local children, sampling the Panamanian cuisine, and visiting some of the most beautiful national parks in the Americas.
Whether visiting the Volcán Barú National Park in hopes of seeing both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea from the same peak or hiking the scenic trails through the cloud forests of the Chiquiri Province, there is spectacular scenery all around. One such trail, The Pianista, is described as an easy hike, taking only 2 hours to reach the summit. The trail is only 4km from Boquete and is easily found behind Il Pianista restaurant. Named for its resemblance to the keys of a piano, the trail starts in open fields and elevates slowly into the cloud forest peppered with quetzals, sloths, monkeys and snakes and lush green vegetation intersected by gentle streams. The final part of the hike rises through a small ravine before emerging at the summit, El Mirador, near the Continental Divide with beautiful views of the Chiquiri Province on a clear day.
It is here, at the summit, where hikers are reminded of the dangers that can await those who stray from the path. At the top of the trail lies a memorial to two young women and a warning, ‘Fin del Sendero…Retornar – End of the Trail…Return’, evidence of an adventure gone horribly wrong.
Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon were, by all accounts, intelligent, responsible, and popular. They were both from Amersfoort in the Netherlands and met whilst working at a café ‘In Den Kleinen Hap’ in the town. Kremers had just completed a degree in Cultural Social Education at the University of Utrecht and Froon was a recent graduate of Applied Science from Saxion University in Deventer. Lisanne was sporty and athletic and regularly played volleyball. She is described as intelligent and quiet. Kris, on the other hand, was outgoing. She was artistic and enjoyed drama. The girls moved in together in Amersfoort and were soon planning a 6-week trip of a lifetime to Central America.
On the morning of the 15th March 2014, Kris and Lisanne and their families travelled to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Their families took photos and waved the excited pair off to start their Panamanian adventure, with no way of knowing what was to come. The first leg of their journey was a 10-hour flight to Houston, where they waited in the airport for 4 hours before boarding a 4-hour flight to San Jose in Costa Rica. The next day, the 17th March, the girls travelled over the border into Panama. The journey, according to Kris’s diary, was not an easy one. They travelled by taxi, bus and boat and were seemingly scammed at the Panamanian border but finally, they arrived in Bocas del Toro where for two weeks the girls swam with dolphins, attended Spanish lessons, snorkelled, took cooking classes, drank cocktails on the beach and made new friends. Lisanne described this period in her diary as ‘the ultimate enjoyment’.
On the 29th March, Kris and Lisanne moved on to Boquete to start the next phase of their trip. They arrived by bus and travelled to their accommodation with a host family. At this point in the trip, Lisanne was starting to feel homesick, writing that she was, ‘sitting here with tears in my eyes’. By the next day, she admitted that she was feeling better but felt like an intruder in the host family’s home. They spent the day of the 30th March getting to know Boquete ahead of the start of their volunteer work the next day. Unfortunately, the next day did not go well. They arrived at the school to be told that they were not expected and that there was no work for them until the next week. Lisanne described it as a ‘disaster’ but Kris was more pragmatic, the last words in her diary were ‘let’s go with the Panamanian flow then’. After these entries, neither Kris nor Lisanne wrote in their diaries again. The rest of the day was spent waiting to hear if there was space for them in another volunteer project and according to Hart Van Nederland newspaper (published 10th April 2014) had lunch with two Dutch men at restaurant Nelvis in Boquete before returning to their host family’s home. At some point in these first few days in Boquete, they also arranged a guided hike of the Pianista Trail on the 2nd April.
On the morning of the 1st April, Kris and Lisanne made a fateful decision, they would walk the Pianista Trail alone. They wrote on Facebook of their plans to go for a hike. In what may have been a fatal mistake, they did not specify where they planned to go. Witnesses place them at the start of the Pianista between 10 and 11 am, allegedly accompanied by the restaurant’s dog Azul, who often accompanied hikers up the trail. After this point, the trail goes cold. No other sightings of the women were confirmed. The dog returned to his family alone. The host family noted that Kris and Lisanne had not returned the following morning when their guide arrived at the home to accompany them on the Pianista Trail. They were reported missing but with no idea where they had gone, it was impossible to know where to start the search.
For the first few days, the search centred around Volcan Baru National Park, the most popular hiking location in the area. The official search did not start until four days after the pair were reported missing, five days after they set off on their hike. The search continued for ten days but returned no trace. Kris and Lisanne’s parents flew in from The Netherlands accompanied by a Dutch search team. They also found nothing. The two young women had disappeared into thin air and there was no trace of them for more than two months.
Ten weeks after Kris and Lisanne set off on their hike, on 14th June 2014, a local Ngobe woman handed a backpack into police. The woman had allegedly found the bag in a rice paddy on the banks of the Culebra river, around 5 miles from the summit of the Pianista Trail. The backpack belonged to Lisanne. The location of the bag seemed to suggest what everyone had long feared, that Kris and Lisanne had hiked the Pianista, reached the Mirador, and continued on, down the other side of the continental divide, off the trail and into the harsh, unforgiving jungle. Inside the backpack were two phones, a camera, a water bottle, two bras, Lisanne’s passport, two pairs of sunglasses and around $80 in cash. Strangely, the Ngobe woman claimed that the bag, which was clean and dry, was not in the rice paddy the day before.
Immediately, police reviewed the phones and camera for any clues. What they found has created a mystery like no other and sparked numerous theories ranging from misadventure to an unknown serial killer stalking the jungle of the Chiquiri Province. Lisanne’s Canon Powershot SX270 contained a number of photos from the 1st April. Confirming witness accounts, the photos show Kris, and Lisanne on the Pianista Trail at around 11 am. There are several photos taken at various points on the trail. They reached the summit at around 1 pm, making good time, which is not surprising for two fit and healthy young women. They took selfies and photos of each other in front of the spectacular view and looked happy, relaxed, and carefree. The next photos on the camera seem to show Kris and Lisanne on the other side of the continental divide in dense jungle, crossing streams and walking through deep ravines. One picture of Kris shows the young woman, turning to look at the camera, with what can only be described as a concerned look on her face. The last photo taken on the 1st April shows Kris posing on a rock in the middle of a small stream, seemingly intending to continue on the path deeper into the jungle. This photo was taken at around 2 pm. Just over two hours later, it appears that the women knew they were in trouble. At 4:39 pm a call was made to 112 (Dutch emergency service number) from Kris’s phone. The call did not connect. 12 minutes later, Lisanne tried to call 112, again the call did not connect. Something happened to Kris and Lisanne between 2 pm and 4:30 pm that made it necessary to seek assistance.
The phones were not used again until the morning of the 2nd of April. After what must have been a disturbing night in the dark and unfamiliar jungle, Lisanne called 112 at around 7 am, the call briefly connected but the signal dropped out. Three more attempts to call emergency services were made on the 2nd April, 8:14 am, 10:53 am and 1:56 pm. The next day, the 3rd April, a call was attempted at 9:33 am. This is the last time either of the girls tried to call 911. The phones were switched on at 1:50 pm, 4 pm and 4:20 pm, presumably to check the signal, then immediately switched off. This pattern continued throughout the 4th and 5th April and then something changed. Lisanne’s phone battery died on the 5th of April. On the 6th April, only Kris’s phone was used, however, there were multiple incorrect attempts to enter the PIN, in fact, the PIN was never entered correctly again. It appears that Kris was unable to enter her phone PIN or to tell Lisanne what it was. Between the 7th and the 10th April, there is evidence of panic. There were 77 attempts to use the phone, many more than in the previous few days.
It was during this period that the camera saw its next and final use. On the night of the 7th April into the morning of the 8th, approximately 90 photos were taken in the dead of night, photos that show almost nothing, with a few exceptions. The first photo in this series was taken at around 1:30 am. It seems to have been taken pointing upwards at the tree canopy and shows that it was raining heavily. This correlates with the weather at the time. Some photos look as though they are looking over the edge of a cliff, one shows a strange object created using sticks and red plastic. Some think this is a directional marker of some sort. Another photo shows paper torn up and laid out on a rock with a bag strap, a piece of a map that we can see Lisanne looking at in an earlier photo and a rusty mirrored object in the centre, possibly the bottom of a tin of Pringles, or something similar. Another photo shows a mass of red hair, unmistakeably Kris’s. One person with access to the full file has stated that there is blood visible on Kris’s temple in this picture, but the released image doesn’t show this. The other released photos show nothing but darkness. There have been many theories about these photos, one being that the photographer was trying to scare off a predator or that they were trying to attract the attention of a search team who only began to search the jungle on the 6th April. There was apparently a search team in the jungle until just about 1 hour before these night-time photos were taken. The last activity seen from either the phones or the camera is on the morning of the 11th April. At 10:51 am, Kris’s phone was switched on, no pin was entered. It remained on for just over an hour before being switched off at 11:56 am. Was this the last attempt by Lisanne to find some phone signal before being unable to try ever again?
The photos and the phone calls raised more questions than answers but appear to show that at least one of the girls lived for at least ten days in the jungle. One question raised is regarding the sequential numbering of the photos. The photos taken on the 1st April and the 7/8th April are numbered from 476 to roughly 600, however, photo number 509 is missing. This photo sits directly between photo 508, the last photo taken on the 1st April and photo 510, the first photo taken on the 8th of April. The photo has been deleted permanently and cannot be recovered. It has been suggested that the only way this could happen would be to delete the photo from a computer. Many people feel that this is evidence of foul play, that something in photo 509 may identify a third party involved in Kris and Lisanne’s disappearance.
Following the discovery of the bag and the information found on the electronics, another search was launched in the area around the Ngobe woman’s rice paddy. The search uncovered Kris’s shorts, either in the river or folded neatly next to it, depending on which source you read. Soon the search parties found evidence that the girls had perished. 33 bone fragments were found downstream including Kris’s pelvis, Lisanne’s foot, still intact inside her boot and showing signs of broken bones and inflammation of the periosteum suggesting exertion and perhaps a significant fall. Other fragments including ribs were found scattered across the river. It was clear that the girls were no longer alive. Lisanne’s bones still had skin and flesh attached but some of Kris’s bones appeared to be bleached. Shortly after, a large piece of skin and flesh was found and confirmed as belonging to Lisanne.
From the moment Kris and Lisanne went missing, the official investigation was heavily criticised. When they were reported missing, their absence was dismissed as two girls heading off to ‘party’ without letting their host family know. This reasoning caused a delay in the official search which did not start for 5 days, although local guides and community members, alarmed by the disappearance, did start to search for the girls from the 2nd or 3rd April. When the bag was analysed, there were more than 30 sets of fingerprints found on the bag and its contents. No effort appears to have ever been made to establish who these fingerprints belonged to. These points are only the beginning of a list of errors in the official response to the disappearance. Unfortunately, these failures have led to an increasing number of theories and speculation over the events of April 1st, 2014 and the eventual cause of Kris and Lisanne’s deaths.
The guide that Kris and Lisanne booked for the 2nd April has some unsavoury reviews on the internet and many believe that he may have had something to do with their disappearance. The guide, Feliciano, assisted in the initial searches and found some of the remains leading many people to suspect him, however, there is no evidence whatsoever to support this theory and one look at his TripAdvisor page shows only one ‘Poor’ review, with all others being ‘Excellent’. Others believe that Kris and Lisanne met someone else on the trail or realised that they were being followed and were forced deeper and deeper into the jungle in an effort to escape. The possibility of outlaw drug cartels has been raised and links have been made to other disappearances, particularly that of British backpacker Alex Humphrey, who disappeared from Boquete in 2009 but other than the location of their disappearance, there doesn’t appear to be any link. In fact, Alex was spotted 75 miles away from Boquete shortly after he disappeared.
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In my opinion, after considering all evidence available, I believe that the most likely sequence of events is as follows. On the 1st April, Kris and Lisanne decided to hike all or part of the Pianista Trail alone. Their internet search history showed that they had researched the trail and probably thought that they did not need to use a guide as planned. They headed up the trail at around 11 am and reached the summit at 1 pm following a pleasant hike where they stopped to appreciate the view and take some photographs. As they had made such good time and still had most of the day left, they decided to continue their hike past the trail summit and over the continental divide into the jungle. The wet season had not yet started so the path probably didn’t look too daunting. They continued moving deeper into the jungle until at least 2 pm. After this point, they did not take any further photos. It is possible that they decided to turn back and, as they had covered this ground before, didn’t feel the need to document it. Somewhere on this route back, they took a wrong turn. Around 4:30 pm they realised that they were lost and tried to call for help. They had no phone signal and possibly tried to find higher ground, getting more lost in the process. When night fell, they realised that they had no option but to find somewhere safe to sleep and spend the night in the jungle. It must have been a terrifying night.
On the morning of the 2nd April, the girls woke early and possibly tried to hike higher before attempting to call emergency services once more. One of these calls connected for a brief second or two. This connection may have given the girls false hope that they were not too far from civilisation and that they may still be able to hike out without help, so they continued on. At some point, they decided to follow the river in the mistaken belief that it would lead them back into Boquete when in fact it led them the other way. They continued trying to call for help and hike out of the jungle for days when eventually Lisanne’s phone died. Around the same time, probably on the 5th or 6th April, Kris was seriously wounded or killed. In one of the night photos, showing the possible directional marker, some believe that they can see a ‘monkey bridge’ in the background. A monkey bridge is a crude, but effective river crossing made from three ropes, two to hold on to, one to walk across like a tight rope. These bridges are especially dangerous, and many indigenous people die crossing them. It is possible that Kris fell from this bridge. Perhaps Lisanne fell too, explaining the broken bones in her foot. If Kris was incapacitated Lisanne likely stayed with her and tried to use Kris’s phone to get help but she was unable to unlock the phone without the PIN.
On the night of the 7th April, Lisanne heard search crews in the jungle and tried to get their attention by repeatedly using the flash on the camera. It seems as though Lisanne, who was known for her intelligence, tried to use the mirror to deflect the flash and show her location. Unfortunately, these efforts to alert their would-be rescuers were unsuccessful. Lisanne continued to try to call for help. The frantic use of the phone between the 7th and 10th suggests that panic had set in and on the 11th April, she tried for the last time. Shortly after this, Lisanne succumbed to the elements and died beside her friend.
In the following days, the rains increased, and the girl’s bodies and their possessions were swept into the river from the riverbank where they took cover after Kris was injured. Lisanne’s bag was swept downriver and washed up on the banks. At this point, someone from the Ngobe tribe found it and took it back home where it was passed around and discussed until someone realised its significance and handed it into police. This accounts for the numerous fingerprints. The girl’s bodies continued to be washed downstream where they were broken up by the furious raging waters of the Culebra. The bleaching noted on the bones was the result of exposure to the sun and other elements. Photo 509 was either deleted in error by the investigators or never existed in the first place and the numbering error is the result of a glitch in the camera.
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If you Google Kris and Lisanne you will see that there are a huge number of people who would disagree with my theory and who think that the hikers were the victims of foul play, however, in my opinion, there are some glaring flaws in the foul play theory.
For a start, why would a captor or attacker allow the girls to keep their phones for 10 days? Even if the attempts to unlock the phone were not Kris and Lisanne, there were at least 3 days of 911 calls. Why were the electronics or the cash not stolen? All of the items in the bag were packed carefully suggesting that this had been done by their owner. If some of Kris’s bones were bleached to get rid of the evidence, why were all bone fragments, including all of Lisanne’s not treated in the same way? Why was only one photo deleted? If I was trying to cover up a murder and leave no clues behind, I would delete every photo on the camera and I certainly would not place the camera carefully back into the backpack and leave it somewhere for anyone to find. The Panamanian Jungle is vast with many places to hide evidence and bodies. It doesn’t make sense to go to the effort to delete an incriminating photo and then leave other items behind. A killer would have no way of knowing that they hadn’t left DNA or fingerprints on the bag or its contents.
It is, of course, possible that someone attacked the girls, causing them to run and get lost in the jungle but all of the evidence that we have available suggests that Kris and Lisanne went into the jungle willingly and got lost. They tried to save themselves but fell victim to the terrain and the elements and died.
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Whatever happened to Kris and Lisanne, and whether you believe that they are victims of a serial killer or characters in a cautionary tale, we can all agree that this is a terrifying tragedy. Two young women, with so much promise, just starting to live their lives, were lost in such a terrible way. If only their plans to volunteer had not been thwarted on the 31st March. If they had been able to start their placements, Kris and Lisanne would have volunteered in Boquete, perfected their Spanish, and returned to The Netherlands after a magical six weeks in Panama to start the rest of their lives.
The sources below have been invaluable in researching this case and are excellent reading for anyone with interest in this subject.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-lost-girls-of-panama-the-full-story.