September 11, 2023 • 21 mins
Tune in for this episode on the very recent missing persons case of Celine Cremer, a Belgian backpacker whose disappearance during her solo trip to Philosophers Falls in Tasmania is baffling.
When Celine's family weren’t able to reach her and she wasn’t responding to messages, they contacted police and the search for Celine began. Her car was found in the carpark of a local walking track which leads to the stunning Philosopher’s Falls. Celine however…. was nowhere to be found.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Celine Cremer is a 31 year old Belgian backpacker who
has been travelling aroundAustralia since June of 2022.
She was last seen in a smalltown called Waratah, a remote
part of the northwestern regionof Tasmania.
(00:20):
When her family weren't able toreach her and she wasn't
responding to messages, theycontacted police and the search
for Celine began.
Her car was found in the carpark of a local walking track
which leads to the stunningPhilosophers Falls.
Celine, however, was nowhere tobe found.
(00:44):
I'm Carla Morgan and this isBolo, a podcast covering cold
and active missing persons caseswith the aim of helping
families bring their loved oneshome.
Today, I'm covering the veryrecent missing persons case of
(01:07):
Celine Cremer, who went missingjust three months ago, in June
of 2023.
Did Celine wander off a hikingtrail and get lost in the
wilderness?
Did she fall or somehow injureherself and succumb to the
elements?
Or did she meet with foul playon the hike or in the days prior
(01:31):
?
Celine has long blonde hair,brown eyes and a radiant smile.
She has a patent tattoo sleevecovering her upper right arm and
a tattoo across her upperabdomen.
Amelie, celine's sister, wholives in Belgium, said in the
(01:56):
media that Celine loved herfamily and friends and had a big
heart.
She was passionate abouttravelling and was an
experienced backpacker, and shehad come to Australia to pursue
her dreams.
Celine had actually been inAustralia for about a year
(02:17):
already, studying, working andtravelling.
She'd recently extended herstudent work visa for another
year and had arrived in Tasmaniaat the beginning of 2023.
Celine was due to head back tothe mainland of Australia in
June and she had a ticket bookedon the spirit of Tasmania for
(02:40):
the 21st of June.
But before she left Tassie, shewanted to explore the
north-western area near CradleMountain, and that's where she
was on a solo trip when shedisappeared.
The spirit of Tasmania is avehicle and passenger ferry that
crosses between Tasmania andthe mainland of Australia.
(03:01):
It's the only way to get a caracross the bus straight, which
is the channel between Victoriaand the island of Tassie.
It's roughly a 10 hour tripwith the cost of a return ticket
ranging anywhere from $600 to$1000.
It's a lot of money to pay fora ticket you're not intending to
(03:22):
use.
And when the 21st of Junerolled around, celine didn't
board the ferry, nor did shecancel or postpone her booking.
Here's a timeline of Celine'swhereabouts in the lead up to
her disappearance.
Celine's last contact with herfamily was the 15th of June,
(03:44):
when she sent through somephotos of her time in Tassie.
On the 17th of June she wasseen in the town of Waratah and
this is the last confirmedsighting of Celine.
Waratah sits alongside theSavage River National Park.
It has a population of about250 people and is very remote.
(04:07):
It's pretty much surrounded bydense forest, national parks and
reserves.
The town itself sits at the topof a waterfall called Waratah
Falls and was built to support amassive tin mine at Mount
(04:30):
Bishof.
It's believed Celine had plansto go on a bushwalk to
Philosopher Falls, a 10 minutedrive from the town of Waratah,
though it's not clear when sheplanned to do this or when she
actually did, or if she did.
To get to the falls you headsouth west out of town along
(04:51):
Waratah Road, then make a rightinto Butler's Road.
The car park for the walkingtrack to the falls is about 1km
along that road.
The falls themselves are set inthick rainforest and it's
mountainous, but the track iswide and easily accessible.
It's just under an hour to walkthere and back about a 3km
(05:16):
track in total, mostly flat,with a set of stairs that go
down to the falls, at the end toa viewing platform.
It isn't considered a difficulthike at all.
People say they walk it all thetime with their kids, so it's a
popular track for townsfolk andtourists alike.
Celine is an experiencedbushwalker and it's believed she
(05:41):
was only equipped for a lightday walk, which is what it
should have been.
Her family requested a welfarecheck on the 26th of June when
she wasn't responding tomessages and they could no
longer contact her.
This was very out of characterfor Celine.
As her sister, amelie, hasreported, celine communicated
(06:04):
regularly with her family, so tonot hear from her for over 10
days was highly unusual and veryworrying.
The next day after her familycontacted police, which was the
27th of June, her car was foundin the Philosopher's Falls car
park.
Police believe it was likelyalready there on the 20th of
(06:29):
June, 7 days earlier, but theyalso say it's possible it could
have been there as early as the17th.
It's a white Honda CR-V withthe number plate E40TF.
I'll post a picture of the caron socials for you and the track
(06:51):
, so you can see what theterrain is like.
The reason the police believeshe was out there as early as
June 20 was because that was thelast day that her phone had
signal and it pinged somewhereout in the area near the falls.
If the phone last had a signalon June 20, she may have been
(07:14):
out there earlier than that, assome phone batteries might last
longer than a day, especially ifshe had got lost and was
turning her phone on and off toconserve the battery.
Because the case is so recent,we really don't have any more
information or detail aroundthis.
It would be beneficial and I'msure police do have this data to
(07:40):
know the following whatactivity was on her phone from
the days leading up to the 20th?
Was her phone switched on andin range on those days?
If we knew this, it would givea clearer indication on when she
went out to the falls, as thereis little to no reception out
there.
It would also be good to knowwhat activity was found on her
(08:04):
phone on the 20th.
Did it just ping off a tower ordid she attempt to send
messages or use her phone in anyother way?
If she was lost, she may haveattempted to send messages for
help but wasn't able to do so.
000 is our number for emergencyservices, but it doesn't work
(08:25):
if your phone has no reception.
Did her phone have any photoson it from the lead up to the
20th or from the walk itself?
Again, this would surelyprovide confirmation of her
movements in the days leading upto and the days she took the
falls track.
Is it even possible to recoverdata like photographs from a
(08:46):
phone if you don't have thephone itself?
Probably not if the phone hadno reception.
Lastly, were location servicesturned on and, if they were, can
any data be retrieved on herlocation despite the phone being
turned off or out of range?
When I was asking myself thesequestions, it reminded me of the
(09:09):
case of a fellow Belgianbackpacker, theo Hayes.
Theo disappeared from Byron Bayon the east coast of New South
Wales in May of 2019.
He had left the Cheeky Monkeysnightclub in town and was
thought to be heading back tohis hostel, but he never made it
back there.
Initial search efforts focusedin on the area in town where he
(09:33):
was last seen on CCTV footage,leaving the bar and in the
surrounding area of his youthhostel.
It wasn't until his family wereable to log into his Google
account, where they discovered aton of information about that
night, that authorities realisedthey were looking in the wrong
place.
The data that was uncovered wasdetailed and guided the next
(09:58):
round of search efforts.
We were able to see that whenTheo left the bar, he was using
Google Maps to get directionsback to his youth hostel, but
for whatever reason and mostspeculate that he met up with
another person or a group ofpeople he didn't follow those
directions or he went the wrongway and ended up walking through
(10:21):
bushland to Tallow's Beach.
They could trace his steps, howfast he was going and where he
ended up.
At times he was running throughthick brush.
According to the phone data, heclimbed a rocky headland near
the Byron Bay Lighthouse andsent a WhatsApp message around
(10:43):
1am, just before his phone lostsignal, and that was it.
Theo has never been found, norhas his phone, though they did
later find his hat in bushes,near the path that he took to
the beach that night.
Admittedly, theo's phone wasswitched on and in range, so
this data was retrievable,whereas with Celine we know she
(11:08):
was in an area with virtually noreception, or patchy at best,
but it might be that there'sdata on her phone that can
provide more clarity or, at thevery least, more information as
to what happened to her or whather final movements were.
(11:35):
It's important to note that Junethrough August is winter in
Australia and Tasmania, beingour most southerly state, is
exceptionally cold at this time.
The temperature lows during theperiod when police believe
Celine to be at the falls werebetween five to eight degrees
Celsius during the day, goingdown to about one to two degrees
(11:59):
at night.
So in Fahrenheit that's 41 to46 during the day and 34 to 36
at night.
There was snowfall recorded inthe area at the time Celine was
missing and a weather alert wasissued to bushwalkers in
(12:20):
Tasmania in the weeks after shewas last seen.
Police say when they consultedexperts that, given the weather,
the low temperatures and rain,that survival in the terrain
would be very unlikely.
Extensive searches wereconducted along the trail of the
(12:40):
falls and surrounding areas.
It's dense rainforest and quitemountainous, despite the track
itself being pretty flat.
Tasmanian police, ses andsearch and rescue covered the
walking track, the falls and thesurrounding bushland.
Atvs, helicopters and droneswere also used to look for
(13:06):
Celine and teams repelled downfrom the waterfall's viewing
platform.
Swift water rescue teams werealso called in to scour the
pools at the bottom of the fallsin case Celine had fallen in.
All searches have failed tolocate her, her phone or
belongings or anything of note,and on July 10, search efforts
(13:29):
were formally suspended.
Then new information in relationto Celine's mobile phone
activity provided an additionalarea of interest within the
philosophers falls area Police.
Western District.
Commander Stuart Wilkinson hassaid, and I quote we do have
(13:52):
evidence of Celine going offphilosopher falls track.
The terrain is extremelychallenging.
I believe he's referring to anarea where they now understand
what Celine's phone was when itlast pinged.
However, if they are usingtriangulation as a means to
pinpoint her location or that ofher phone, we know that it
(14:15):
can't be relied upon to be 100%accurate.
The way it works is bymeasuring the time delay that a
phone signal takes to reach thetowers in the area.
The delay is calculated into adistance to give an approximate
location of the phone.
Trangulations that would impacton the accuracy include the
strength of the mobile phonenetwork as well as the terrain.
(14:38):
We know that the environment inthe area is mountainous with
very thick rainforest, so howaccurate phone triangulation
would be in this case isquestionable.
Towards the last weekend in July, a New South Wales cadaver dog
called Wags was sent down toTasmania to assist in the hunt
(15:00):
for a missing teenager, cheyenneLee Tatnell, who was missing
from Launceston in the north ofTasmania.
Sadly, cheyenne Lee's remainswere found that very day, so
Wags was sent up toPhilosopher's Falls to look for
Celine.
Unfortunately, wags didn't findanything, despite searching for
(15:23):
three days.
Celine's close friend was alsothere at the time and police
walked the track with her andprovided her with all the
details of their investigation.
Commander Wilkinson has said,like many areas of Tasmania,
when you go off those formedtracks you can walk 15 metres
(15:45):
into that bushland, turn aroundand feel like you're not quite
sure where you are, withconditions being like they were
windy and wet.
Police do believe that she'sgone off the track and gotten
lost in the wilderness.
However, he did say that whilepolice were of the view there
(16:06):
weren't any suspiciouscircumstances in relation to
Celine's disappearance, theyalways keep an open mind and
will keep the investigation open.
The obvious theory is thatCeline went on a bushwalk that
day and got lost in thewilderness, without knowing what
mobile phone data they have orany further information.
(16:28):
We don't know 100% if it washer who was out there walking
the trail that day.
It's possible and this isspeculation, of course that
Celine met with foul play in thetown of Waratah, that her car
was dumped at the car park andher phone discarded in the bush
off the trail, or she met withfoul play on the trail itself.
(16:50):
The area is now open to thepublic as police believe that
Celine went well off the beatentrack and is not in an area
where people will generally go.
I mentioned earlier in theepisode missing teenager
Cheyenne Lee Tatnell, whoseremains have now been located.
(17:12):
Cheyenne Lee was just 14 yearsold when she went missing in
April of this year.
She was last seen, captured oncamera footage, walking along
Henry Street near the North EskRiver in Launceston at 8.30pm.
She had left youth housingwhere she'd been staying and was
(17:33):
walking to visit a friend, butshe never made it.
For those of you unfamiliarwith Tasmania, launceston is
about 2.5 hours drive east fromWaratah, but in the northern
region of the state.
Police searched the river andsurrounding areas and it might
(17:54):
have seen that they initiallythought Cheyenne Lee was a
runaway, as it wasn't untilthree months after her
disappearance mention of apotential criminal element.
It appears that they receivedinformation that led them to
search Bushland on a track nearNabaula, where they did find
(18:14):
Cheyenne Lee's remains.
A property in a separatelocation in Scottsdale was
forensically examined, alongwith the area she was found in,
and after a criminalinvestigation a 36-year-old
Tasmanian man has been chargedwith her murder.
I'm not suggesting there is aconnection between Cheyenne Lee
(18:37):
and Celine, but they were bothmissing persons at the same time
in areas that were 2-3 hoursapart in Tasmania, a very small
part of Australia.
I'm also pointing out that it'sevident that police believe
Celine is missing because she'sgotten lost or been injured in
the bush.
But after extensive searchesand no sign of her belongings or
(19:01):
of her, we can't rule out foulplay.
It's possible Celine met withfoul play in the days before her
car was found and that her carwas dumped at the Falls car park
and her phone discarded in thebush.
We also can't rule out that shemet someone on the trail that
day who harmed her.
The fact remains that Celine isstill missing.
(19:23):
Her family and Theo's familyare all the way across the world
, in Belgium, and they need ourhelp and that of our community
to find answers so they canbring their loved ones home.
Police would like anyone whosaw Celine at the Falls that day
or spoke to her or spent timewith her when she was in
(19:47):
Tasmania, to please come forward.
Any small piece of informationcan help find Celine and bring
her home, even if you think it'sinsignificant or something they
would already know.
If you or anyone you know knowanything at all about Celine or
(20:14):
about Theo, who is also stillmissing, please contact Police
Link on 131-444 or call CrimeStoppers anonymously if you like
on 1800 333-000, or go onlineto CrimeStopperscomau.
(20:38):
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Celine Cremer is a 31 year old Belgian backpacker who
has been travelling aroundAustralia since June of 2022.
She was last seen in a smalltown called Waratah, a remote
part of the northwestern regionof Tasmania.
(00:20):
When her family weren't able toreach her and she wasn't
responding to messages, theycontacted police and the search
for Celine began.
Her car was found in the carpark of a local walking track
which leads to the stunningPhilosophers Falls.
Celine, however, was nowhere tobe found.
(00:44):
I'm Carla Morgan and this isBolo, a podcast covering cold
and active missing persons caseswith the aim of helping
families bring their loved oneshome.
Today, I'm covering the veryrecent missing persons case of
(01:07):
Celine Cremer, who went missingjust three months ago, in June
of 2023.
Did Celine wander off a hikingtrail and get lost in the
wilderness?
Did she fall or somehow injureherself and succumb to the
elements?
Or did she meet with foul playon the hike or in the days prior
(01:31):
?
Celine has long blonde hair,brown eyes and a radiant smile.
She has a patent tattoo sleevecovering her upper right arm and
a tattoo across her upperabdomen.
Amelie, celine's sister, wholives in Belgium, said in the
(01:56):
media that Celine loved herfamily and friends and had a big
heart.
She was passionate abouttravelling and was an
experienced backpacker, and shehad come to Australia to pursue
her dreams.
Celine had actually been inAustralia for about a year
(02:17):
already, studying, working andtravelling.
She'd recently extended herstudent work visa for another
year and had arrived in Tasmaniaat the beginning of 2023.
Celine was due to head back tothe mainland of Australia in
June and she had a ticket bookedon the spirit of Tasmania for
(02:40):
the 21st of June.
But before she left Tassie, shewanted to explore the
north-western area near CradleMountain, and that's where she
was on a solo trip when shedisappeared.
The spirit of Tasmania is avehicle and passenger ferry that
crosses between Tasmania andthe mainland of Australia.
(03:01):
It's the only way to get a caracross the bus straight, which
is the channel between Victoriaand the island of Tassie.
It's roughly a 10 hour tripwith the cost of a return ticket
ranging anywhere from $600 to$1000.
It's a lot of money to pay fora ticket you're not intending to
(03:22):
use.
And when the 21st of Junerolled around, celine didn't
board the ferry, nor did shecancel or postpone her booking.
Here's a timeline of Celine'swhereabouts in the lead up to
her disappearance.
Celine's last contact with herfamily was the 15th of June,
(03:44):
when she sent through somephotos of her time in Tassie.
On the 17th of June she wasseen in the town of Waratah and
this is the last confirmedsighting of Celine.
Waratah sits alongside theSavage River National Park.
It has a population of about250 people and is very remote.
(04:07):
It's pretty much surrounded bydense forest, national parks and
reserves.
The town itself sits at the topof a waterfall called Waratah
Falls and was built to support amassive tin mine at Mount
(04:30):
Bishof.
It's believed Celine had plansto go on a bushwalk to
Philosopher Falls, a 10 minutedrive from the town of Waratah,
though it's not clear when sheplanned to do this or when she
actually did, or if she did.
To get to the falls you headsouth west out of town along
(04:51):
Waratah Road, then make a rightinto Butler's Road.
The car park for the walkingtrack to the falls is about 1km
along that road.
The falls themselves are set inthick rainforest and it's
mountainous, but the track iswide and easily accessible.
It's just under an hour to walkthere and back about a 3km
(05:16):
track in total, mostly flat,with a set of stairs that go
down to the falls, at the end toa viewing platform.
It isn't considered a difficulthike at all.
People say they walk it all thetime with their kids, so it's a
popular track for townsfolk andtourists alike.
Celine is an experiencedbushwalker and it's believed she
(05:41):
was only equipped for a lightday walk, which is what it
should have been.
Her family requested a welfarecheck on the 26th of June when
she wasn't responding tomessages and they could no
longer contact her.
This was very out of characterfor Celine.
As her sister, amelie, hasreported, celine communicated
(06:04):
regularly with her family, so tonot hear from her for over 10
days was highly unusual and veryworrying.
The next day after her familycontacted police, which was the
27th of June, her car was foundin the Philosopher's Falls car
park.
Police believe it was likelyalready there on the 20th of
(06:29):
June, 7 days earlier, but theyalso say it's possible it could
have been there as early as the17th.
It's a white Honda CR-V withthe number plate E40TF.
I'll post a picture of the caron socials for you and the track
(06:51):
, so you can see what theterrain is like.
The reason the police believeshe was out there as early as
June 20 was because that was thelast day that her phone had
signal and it pinged somewhereout in the area near the falls.
If the phone last had a signalon June 20, she may have been
(07:14):
out there earlier than that, assome phone batteries might last
longer than a day, especially ifshe had got lost and was
turning her phone on and off toconserve the battery.
Because the case is so recent,we really don't have any more
information or detail aroundthis.
It would be beneficial and I'msure police do have this data to
(07:40):
know the following whatactivity was on her phone from
the days leading up to the 20th?
Was her phone switched on andin range on those days?
If we knew this, it would givea clearer indication on when she
went out to the falls, as thereis little to no reception out
there.
It would also be good to knowwhat activity was found on her
(08:04):
phone on the 20th.
Did it just ping off a tower ordid she attempt to send
messages or use her phone in anyother way?
If she was lost, she may haveattempted to send messages for
help but wasn't able to do so.
000 is our number for emergencyservices, but it doesn't work
(08:25):
if your phone has no reception.
Did her phone have any photoson it from the lead up to the
20th or from the walk itself?
Again, this would surelyprovide confirmation of her
movements in the days leading upto and the days she took the
falls track.
Is it even possible to recoverdata like photographs from a
(08:46):
phone if you don't have thephone itself?
Probably not if the phone hadno reception.
Lastly, were location servicesturned on and, if they were, can
any data be retrieved on herlocation despite the phone being
turned off or out of range?
When I was asking myself thesequestions, it reminded me of the
(09:09):
case of a fellow Belgianbackpacker, theo Hayes.
Theo disappeared from Byron Bayon the east coast of New South
Wales in May of 2019.
He had left the Cheeky Monkeysnightclub in town and was
thought to be heading back tohis hostel, but he never made it
back there.
Initial search efforts focusedin on the area in town where he
(09:33):
was last seen on CCTV footage,leaving the bar and in the
surrounding area of his youthhostel.
It wasn't until his family wereable to log into his Google
account, where they discovered aton of information about that
night, that authorities realisedthey were looking in the wrong
place.
The data that was uncovered wasdetailed and guided the next
(09:58):
round of search efforts.
We were able to see that whenTheo left the bar, he was using
Google Maps to get directionsback to his youth hostel, but
for whatever reason and mostspeculate that he met up with
another person or a group ofpeople he didn't follow those
directions or he went the wrongway and ended up walking through
(10:21):
bushland to Tallow's Beach.
They could trace his steps, howfast he was going and where he
ended up.
At times he was running throughthick brush.
According to the phone data, heclimbed a rocky headland near
the Byron Bay Lighthouse andsent a WhatsApp message around
(10:43):
1am, just before his phone lostsignal, and that was it.
Theo has never been found, norhas his phone, though they did
later find his hat in bushes,near the path that he took to
the beach that night.
Admittedly, theo's phone wasswitched on and in range, so
this data was retrievable,whereas with Celine we know she
(11:08):
was in an area with virtually noreception, or patchy at best,
but it might be that there'sdata on her phone that can
provide more clarity or, at thevery least, more information as
to what happened to her or whather final movements were.
(11:35):
It's important to note that Junethrough August is winter in
Australia and Tasmania, beingour most southerly state, is
exceptionally cold at this time.
The temperature lows during theperiod when police believe
Celine to be at the falls werebetween five to eight degrees
Celsius during the day, goingdown to about one to two degrees
(11:59):
at night.
So in Fahrenheit that's 41 to46 during the day and 34 to 36
at night.
There was snowfall recorded inthe area at the time Celine was
missing and a weather alert wasissued to bushwalkers in
(12:20):
Tasmania in the weeks after shewas last seen.
Police say when they consultedexperts that, given the weather,
the low temperatures and rain,that survival in the terrain
would be very unlikely.
Extensive searches wereconducted along the trail of the
(12:40):
falls and surrounding areas.
It's dense rainforest and quitemountainous, despite the track
itself being pretty flat.
Tasmanian police, ses andsearch and rescue covered the
walking track, the falls and thesurrounding bushland.
Atvs, helicopters and droneswere also used to look for
(13:06):
Celine and teams repelled downfrom the waterfall's viewing
platform.
Swift water rescue teams werealso called in to scour the
pools at the bottom of the fallsin case Celine had fallen in.
All searches have failed tolocate her, her phone or
belongings or anything of note,and on July 10, search efforts
(13:29):
were formally suspended.
Then new information in relationto Celine's mobile phone
activity provided an additionalarea of interest within the
philosophers falls area Police.
Western District.
Commander Stuart Wilkinson hassaid, and I quote we do have
(13:52):
evidence of Celine going offphilosopher falls track.
The terrain is extremelychallenging.
I believe he's referring to anarea where they now understand
what Celine's phone was when itlast pinged.
However, if they are usingtriangulation as a means to
pinpoint her location or that ofher phone, we know that it
(14:15):
can't be relied upon to be 100%accurate.
The way it works is bymeasuring the time delay that a
phone signal takes to reach thetowers in the area.
The delay is calculated into adistance to give an approximate
location of the phone.
Trangulations that would impacton the accuracy include the
strength of the mobile phonenetwork as well as the terrain.
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We know that the environment inthe area is mountainous with
very thick rainforest, so howaccurate phone triangulation
would be in this case isquestionable.
Towards the last weekend in July, a New South Wales cadaver dog
called Wags was sent down toTasmania to assist in the hunt
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for a missing teenager, cheyenneLee Tatnell, who was missing
from Launceston in the north ofTasmania.
Sadly, cheyenne Lee's remainswere found that very day, so
Wags was sent up toPhilosopher's Falls to look for
Celine.
Unfortunately, wags didn't findanything, despite searching for
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three days.
Celine's close friend was alsothere at the time and police
walked the track with her andprovided her with all the
details of their investigation.
Commander Wilkinson has said,like many areas of Tasmania,
when you go off those formedtracks you can walk 15 metres
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into that bushland, turn aroundand feel like you're not quite
sure where you are, withconditions being like they were
windy and wet.
Police do believe that she'sgone off the track and gotten
lost in the wilderness.
However, he did say that whilepolice were of the view there
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weren't any suspiciouscircumstances in relation to
Celine's disappearance, theyalways keep an open mind and
will keep the investigation open.
The obvious theory is thatCeline went on a bushwalk that
day and got lost in thewilderness, without knowing what
mobile phone data they have orany further information.
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We don't know 100% if it washer who was out there walking
the trail that day.
It's possible and this isspeculation, of course that
Celine met with foul play in thetown of Waratah, that her car
was dumped at the car park andher phone discarded in the bush
off the trail, or she met withfoul play on the trail itself.
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The area is now open to thepublic as police believe that
Celine went well off the beatentrack and is not in an area
where people will generally go.
I mentioned earlier in theepisode missing teenager
Cheyenne Lee Tatnell, whoseremains have now been located.
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Cheyenne Lee was just 14 yearsold when she went missing in
April of this year.
She was last seen, captured oncamera footage, walking along
Henry Street near the North EskRiver in Launceston at 8.30pm.
She had left youth housingwhere she'd been staying and was
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walking to visit a friend, butshe never made it.
For those of you unfamiliarwith Tasmania, launceston is
about 2.5 hours drive east fromWaratah, but in the northern
region of the state.
Police searched the river andsurrounding areas and it might
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have seen that they initiallythought Cheyenne Lee was a
runaway, as it wasn't untilthree months after her
disappearance mention of apotential criminal element.
It appears that they receivedinformation that led them to
search Bushland on a track nearNabaula, where they did find
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Cheyenne Lee's remains.
A property in a separatelocation in Scottsdale was
forensically examined, alongwith the area she was found in,
and after a criminalinvestigation a 36-year-old
Tasmanian man has been chargedwith her murder.
I'm not suggesting there is aconnection between Cheyenne Lee
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and Celine, but they were bothmissing persons at the same time
in areas that were 2-3 hoursapart in Tasmania, a very small
part of Australia.
I'm also pointing out that it'sevident that police believe
Celine is missing because she'sgotten lost or been injured in
the bush.
But after extensive searchesand no sign of her belongings or
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of her, we can't rule out foulplay.
It's possible Celine met withfoul play in the days before her
car was found and that her carwas dumped at the Falls car park
and her phone discarded in thebush.
We also can't rule out that shemet someone on the trail that
day who harmed her.
The fact remains that Celine isstill missing.
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Her family and Theo's familyare all the way across the world
, in Belgium, and they need ourhelp and that of our community
to find answers so they canbring their loved ones home.
Police would like anyone whosaw Celine at the Falls that day
or spoke to her or spent timewith her when she was in
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Tasmania, to please come forward.
Any small piece of informationcan help find Celine and bring
her home, even if you think it'sinsignificant or something they
would already know.
If you or anyone you know knowanything at all about Celine or
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about Theo, who is also stillmissing, please contact Police
Link on 131-444 or call CrimeStoppers anonymously if you like
on 1800 333-000, or go onlineto CrimeStopperscomau.
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