St. Kitts Searchers Find 33-Year-Old Chinese Hiker Dead After 6-Day Mount Liamuiga Hunt
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Updated · The Independent · Jun 2
St. Kitts Searchers Find 33-Year-Old Chinese Hiker Dead After 6-Day Mount Liamuiga Hunt
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Jun 2
Summary
Police on Monday found the body of 33-year-old Chinese cruise passenger Wang Zyuan, nearly a week after he vanished on St. Kitts' Mount Liamuiga trail.
Wang went missing on May 27 after hiking alone and called 911 around 2 p.m. to say he was lost before contact was cut off.
Cell tower data helped narrow the search area as police, the defence force, fire crews, NEMA and volunteers combed the mountain for days.
Authorities have not released a cause of death and said the investigation is continuing.
Mount Liamuiga rises nearly 3,800 feet and is marketed as an extremely strenuous, often muddy hike; the island's rainforest trails have seen earlier tourist rescues.