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Desperate Search for College Student Ends Tragically After Body Is Found in Hiking Disaster

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This X screen shot shows Brook Cheuvront, a 20-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student who was found dead in South Africa.

This X screen shot shows Brook Cheuvront, a 20-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student who was found dead in South Africa.

A North Carolina woman who was studying abroad in South Africa has died after disappearing Saturday while hiking.

The body of Brook Cheuvront, 20,was found Sunday along a hiking trail on Devil’s Peak, Western Cape, police said Sunday according to News 24.

Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Pojie, a police representative, said Cheuvront’s body was found at about 2 p.m., a little more than 24 hours after she was reported missing.

“The body of the missing hiker was found in an area which is part of Devil’s Peak, and was retrieved by EMS helicopter,” Pojie said.

University of North Carolina student Brook Cheuvront found dead after going missing on hike in South Africa: ‘We are devastated’ https://t.co/7JWGOlnBUa pic.twitter.com/UXeIhEWzB4

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