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This is part four of an on-the-ground investigation into the mysterious deaths of Chris Kramer's

and the San Frone, two young women who died in the jungle of Panama in 2014. What happened to

Chris and the San? Was it a hiking accident, a double murder, or something else altogether?

I'm Mariana Atencio. In this series, I travel to the small town of Buckete with Jeremy

Crite from the Daily Beast to reinvestigate this case eight years later.

One of the strangest aspects surrounding the case of Chris and the San is just how few of

their remains were ever found. After their backpack washed up on the banks of the Rio Culebra,

a renewed search began in the jungle near Alta Romero. But this time, instead of a rescue,

it was a recovery mission. Searchers were still looking for Chris and the San, but no longer expecting

to find them alive. Months of searching eventually yielded a total of five fragmented remains,

all of which were found by Ungabe Bugle people from the village of Alta Romero who had been paid

to scour the area. I suppose he wouldn't surprise you to learn that Feliciano, the tour guide who

reported Chris and the San missing, not only participated in these searches, but was present

when several of the remains were found. The first finds came just days after the backpack was

recovered in mid-June. That was two and a half months after Chris and the San went missing.

Investigators found Chris's bifurcated pelvis and the San's left foot severed at the ankle.

The foot was inside a sock inside a hiking boot. DNA evidence matched the remains of the women

to their parents back in the Netherlands. It was official. After two and a half months of uncertainty,

Chris Kramer's and the San Froon were dead. A month and a half later, on August 2nd,

searches found one of Chris's ribs. Then on August 28th, the San's left femur and left tibia,

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