Coroner rules Belgian tourist Celine Cremer's bushwalking death caused by multiple errors
A coroner has ruled that the death of Belgian tourist Celine Cremer in Tasmania was an accident caused by a series of navigational errors. The findings also included a recommendation for police to formalize the use of private search groups in future missing person cases.
Why it matters
The case highlights the risks of wilderness hiking and prompts a policy review regarding the integration of volunteer search efforts in official investigations.
Celine Cremer went missing during a walk in north-west Tasmania in June 2023. ( Supplied: Tasmania Police )
A coroner has ruled out the involvement of anyone else in the death of Belgian tourist Celine Cremer in the north-west Tasmanian wilderness, ruling she died by accident after becoming lost.
A glass water bottle and plastics bags that searcher believed may have been Ms Cremer's were found to have had male DNA on them.
The coroner recommended Tasmania Police look into formalising the use of private search groups in missing person investigations.
Link copied Share Share article A "confluence of errors" led to the death of Belgian tourist Celine Cremer in Tasmania's wilderness, a coroner has found, amid recommendations police formalise the use of private search groups.
Ms Cremer was 31 when she embarked on a walk to Philosopher Falls, near Wynyard, in Tasmania's north-west in June 2023.
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