Vanished in Panama
Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.2 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Vanished in Panama Part 1: Kris Kremers (21) and Lisanne Froon (22) arrive in Boquete, Panama for a carefully planned gap-year adventure Spanish immersion, volunteering with children, and an authentic local stay with their host, Miriam. But Dr. Phil analyzes the subtle warning signs their diaries reveal: the volunteer placement wasn’t ready, communication barriers and culture shock set in, and unstructured downtime pushed them toward a spontaneous choice that would change everything.
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| 0:00.0 | In the spring of 2014, best friends Leszanne Froon and Chris Kramer set out on what they thought would be the adventure of a lifetime. |
| 0:16.0 | The 21 and 22 year old Dutch women had just finished university in the Netherlands and were |
| 0:24.2 | planning what Europeans refer to as a gap year. |
| 0:29.8 | The two planned to explore Central America while volunteering with children in Panama. |
| 0:36.9 | But what should have been both a fun-filled and meaningful trip |
| 0:40.2 | quickly turned into a nightmare when the two young girls vanished |
| 0:45.5 | after venturing deep into the Panamanian jungle, seemingly all alone. |
| 0:53.3 | After intense searches, the only thing that was ever found of Lissanne and Chris |
| 1:00.2 | were scattered bones, a backpack, a camera, and Lysanne's foot, still tied into her hiking boot. |
| 1:13.7 | Chilling clues were found on the girl's camera. |
| 1:17.8 | Eerie, unexplainable photos, some taken in the dark of night. |
| 1:24.9 | The flash illuminating the pitch-black jungle and the back of one of the girls' possibly |
| 1:31.9 | bloody head. |
| 1:34.1 | What were they photographing? |
| 1:36.3 | And why is a question that has haunted investigators and armchair detectives alike. |
| 1:43.3 | How terrified they must have been when they took those final snaps. |
| 1:49.0 | A far cry from their earliest photos full of sunshine and laughter. |
| 1:55.0 | These images were much darker, and not just in the literal sense. But what did they mean? The mysterious |
| 2:06.9 | disappearance of Chris and Lissanne sparked one of the most haunting, unsolved mysteries the world |
| 2:13.6 | has ever seen. Was this, as it may look upon first glance, just a tragic accident where two young women |
| 2:22.8 | got lost in and succumbed to the elements? |
| 2:26.1 | Or did something way more sinister happen? |
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