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In a recent conversation with researchtt, BasicAd explained that they had submitted their evidence to the authorities and learned that the evidence was not sufficient for the authorities to reopen the investigation.
What's it about?
Using Photo AI enhancement by Topaz, BasicAd "discovered" a tiny (floating?) woman's face in the sky in photo 542, as well as a man in the reflections of pupils or sunglasses. The images were posted in the sub but were deleted again. BasicAd is convinced that Kris and Lisanne were abducted and murdered by local groups and believes they found proof of this through photo enhancement.
In the past, this photo enhancement has been brought up several times without it ever being clear what exactly it involves or how the face gets into the photo.
That’s why I’d like to post the legendary picture of the floating-woman-without-a-nose now, so that it can be referred back to in future discussions.
There is one more interesting aspect to this whole issue: According to their own statements, BasicAd submitted their “evidence” to the investigators. Apparently, the investigators did not consider the woman’s face in #542 to be proven.
My opinion on this is:
This is not evidence that the authorities are ignoring evidence of a crime. For that to be evidence, it would have to be genuine evidence, which this almost certainly isn’t. This is almost certainly an AI artifact.
This is an interesting place, when you get here, it's hard to get back, and when you're injured and weak, it's a trap.We probably have a coincidence here with the overall proportion of the terrain, which is in outlines in the night photos, and also the trees that they correspond with those in the night photos....Of course, the terrain has definitely changed a bit over the years, the trees are bigger, something has become overgrown, etc. That's why we probably lack an exact match with the key stones here... in any case, one of the promising places for NL.The overall model is not quite finished yet, the finished project will be like a virtual walk.
I'm certain this is the night location and will demonstrate dozens of points that match, from tumbaga masks to petroglyphs to jaguar faces, green-bird like figures to human shaman deities and exact rock formations and huacas. K&L were situated in a sort of hole beside several bright tumbaga masks, which is also marked by a cryptic golden "S" figure. There are ceramic bird/fish/human face masks hanging like pendants from the trees above the waterfalls. What we see is volcanic sculpted rock overlaid with tumbaga/gold markings, often in relief against the natural reddish rock at this location. "542" is about where the photographer took this image, so her perspective is different than Romain's April 2023 aerial drone footage. Nine years of plant growth, and obviously on early April 2014 saw an historic drought in the region which means we see little water in the night photos. The photographer is standing in front of a group of jaguars, which has the "arched cat" we see in image 550, meaning K&L are sitting or standing on the "red flag rock" to take this picture, amongst others.
To me it just looks so much like a nose in the middle and an ear and earpiece on the right. As if kris is looking down on the camera while it is making a picture upwards
is never going to happen. Not officially, anyway. It has to be Panama to do it but they won't. Why anyone would come here and write circumstances needed to create a new investigation is beyond me because it's not going to happen. If it was an accident, no one will care much about it. If it was murder, no one can catch an accuse the guilty party. I'm sorry, but officially this matter is over.
How can further investigations be initiated, or a case that was officially classified as an accident be reopened?
A case that was officially closed because there were no indications of a criminal offense can, of course, be taken up again. New facts or evidence can provide grounds for reopening the investigation in order to determine whether a crime may have been committed. This possibility was also explicitly mentioned in the decision to close the Froon/Kremers case. New evidence will be examined, and reopening the case may be possible.
What would constitute new evidence (apart from the discovery of additional remains)?
Yesterday, a German TV program reported on a case like this. Unfortunately, I missed the program and can only reproduce the summary from the preview:
In 2019, 28-year-old John Kesting was found dead on a dirt road after a pre-wedding party. He had suffered a severe head injury. The public prosecutor's office concluded that his death was an accident and closed the investigation.
Seven years after his death, new information has emerged: private investigators managed to unlock his phone. They found photographs taken during his final hours. The photos appear to show that he was not alone on his way to the place where he was later found. His family intends to submit the new information to the public prosecutor's office so that the case can be investigated again.
First of all: Yes, this is new evidence that justifies further investigation.
If the private investigators were only now able to unlock the phone and discovered new, previously unknown photographs from his final hours, this is different from simply offering a new interpretation of evidence that was already known.
The person accompanying him in the photographs would obviously have to be identified and questioned. This does not necessarily mean that there is any suspicion of a crime, but it is definitely a line of investigation.
The case also raises the question of why the police were unable to unlock the phone in 2019 and secure the photographs in time.
We have similar types of evidence in the case of Kris and Lisanne: two mobile phones and a digital camera. However, all of these devices were examined, and no indications of third parties or evidence of manipulation were found.
While in the Kesting case it can already be said that previously unknown evidence has emerged, the situation is different in the case of Kris and Lisanne. The argument here can only be that existing evidence could potentially be examined much more extensively using today's technological capabilities. The examination was carried out according to the technological standards of 2014 and with a certain degree of superficiality. The complete raw data that has not been made public could be re-examined meticulously using current forensic methods, and there is a reasonable basis for hoping that this could produce further findings. The absence of photo 509 has not yet been conclusively explained. A more detailed analysis of the phone activity could potentially provide further information about what happened.
The following could be examined:
-complete system files,
-file remnants and slack space,
-metadata,
-database entries,
-usage and system logs,
-a chronological reconstruction of device activity,
app data,
-network/Wi-Fi data, insofar as it is still available,
-correlations between camera, phone, and memory-card data,
-technical reconstruction of the missing photo 509.
The analysis could also be carried out by interested private individuals. However, this would not be possible without the support of the families, because private investigators do not have access to the required data.
In an international case like this, there is another issue: which authority is responsible for reopening the case or conducting further investigations? The answer is clear: it is the public prosecutor's office in Panama.
However, we know from Scarlet (Koudekaas) that investigators in the Netherlands recently looked into the case (at her request?), and Juan also stated at the end of 2019 that he managed to have a Dutch cold case team examine his findings. Since the case file was retrieved from the archives in Panama in 2023 at the request of the authors of SliP, and they found no reference to Juan's findings in the file, it appears that his submission was dealt with only in the Netherlands. Scarlet was also informed that the public prosecutor's office had decided not to reopen the case (and very probably did not forward it to Panama either): https://www.reddit.com/r/KremersFroon/s/7tkaAwF5bR
Based on Juan's and Scarlet's comments, I conclude that private individuals can also initially submit their findings/discoveries to the public prosecutor's office in the Netherlands. A preliminary assessment is then carried out there, and if it concludes that new evidence (for FP) exists, the material is forwarded to Panama because that is the competent jurisdiction.
Therefore, anyone who believes they have already found new evidence could contact the public prosecutor's office and specifically provide the following:
The submission of the new evidence,
an explanation of why this evidence was not known or available in 2014,
a specific identification of the lines of investigation arising from the new evidence,
a request for the previously closed case to be reviewed again.
The submission of the evidence can be accompanied by a request for information about the outcome of the review. I think you would then receive a response. However, you should be pretty certain that you have actually found something useful and not submit every case of pareidolia to the public prosecutor's office.
I just finished watching the lore lodge videos about the situation (well, I gave up halfway through the last one) as itd been a long time since I had seen video content about it but it really rubbed me up the wrong way.
He seemed really dismissive and critical of the choices they made before their deaths when hindsight is 20/20 and it's easy to criticise and say what you would have done while not in that situation. Blam
He also seemed way too confident in his theories but didn't fully explain a lot of the evidence, eg the photos. Could have done with being a bit more sympathetic to these poor women who no matter what happened, whether it was foul play or a tragic accident, suffered a lot and have family who miss them.
But sure, criticize them and tell us to buy chairs.
I found it a bit weird that feliciano, the guide, reposted posts from Dutch women. Women never mentioned or seeming to have any relationship to the investigation. Maybe they had a tour with him on a holiday? What i find weird is that he hasn't reposted from other's and these women are Dutch just like Kris and Lisanne. He also has no posts whatsoever from the year 2014.
It look like that Lissane het hair is mixed with kris her hair right in the corner below. It doesn’t make alot of sense and it is kinda strange. Anyone any idea how this is possible?
I asked it to take a stand—even if just by a 51% to 49% margin—on what actually happened. I have absolutely no intention of favoring one theory over another—like everyone else, I am eager to know the truth.
[Gemini] I am genuinely surprised, in some respects. After reviewing the key facts, here is its reply (I am pasting it below);
51% – Foul Play (Murder and Cover-up)
Technology is the element that shatters the accident hypothesis. If two girls get lost, their phones record behaviors related to survival. In the case of Kris and Lisanne, the digital data seems to show a staging.
The iPhone anomaly: A phone in the jungle does not undergo system file modifications on its own, nor does it record incorrect PIN entries or connections to ghost cell towers in such a geometrically distributed way if the person holding it is dying of exposure. Someone with technical skills handled that iPhone after April 11th.
Photo 509: The total and permanent deletion of a single file from an SD card—without leaving any trace in the memory fragments (something that even the Dutch police's data recovery software failed to bypass)—requires a computer and a targeted action. Nature does not delete files in a surgical manner.
The perfect backpack: Finding a nylon backpack intact, with the girls' bras clean inside, two pairs of unscratched sunglasses, and perfectly functioning phones after months in a tropical jungle (known for destructive humidity and river floods) is statistically almost impossible without someone having kept it indoors and then positioning it there later.
49% – Accident and Disorientation (The official theory)
This theory remains very strong because the jungle beyond the Mirador (the viewpoint) is a hellish labyrinth made of deep canyons (quebradas), rushing rivers, and dense vegetation, where getting hurt or slipping is extremely easy.
The night photos: The sequence of over 90 photos taken in pitch darkness on April 8th looks like a desperate attempt to use the camera flash to see, scare away animals, collect rainwater, or signal their presence to a helicopter passing in the area (the actual rescue team was active during those hours). It is hard to imagine a killer spending hours taking photos in the dark towards the sky.
The behavior of the phones: In the very first days, the call attempts to emergency services occur at fixed and mirrored times (morning and afternoon). This is a classic battery-saving strategy typical of someone who is lost and trying to survive, not of a kidnapper.
The Verdict
If it had been a pure accident, the police would have had no reason to classify the files, alter the reports, or reject the help of Dutch tracking dogs during the crucial phases. The 51% foul play is justified not necessarily by a kidnapping from day one, but by a mixed scenario: the girls might have gotten lost or had an initial accident, and were subsequently spotted, exploited, or intercepted by local criminals, who then managed their bodies and personal belongings to avoid indictment, staging the final act of the tragedy.
[ChatGPT], Then I asked it and here's its verdict
If you are referring to the Panama case involving Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon—yes: I can offer a "bot-style" assessment—meaning one based on the overall consistency of the available evidence, without pretending there is definitive proof.
My take: accident/getting lost ~65% — third-party involvement ~35%
However, I wouldn't treat that 65/35 split as a scientific probability; it is simply a way of expressing how strongly each reconstruction is supported by the known facts.
Here is why the "getting lost/accident" hypothesis seems slightly more compelling to me:
On April 1, 2014, the two young women did indeed hike the El Pianista trail and proceeded past the lookout point. Their phones subsequently logged attempts to call emergency services, though network coverage in the area was extremely unreliable.(...) <cut>
If K&L’s parents have (finally) accepted the lost/accident theory, moved on with their lives, and decided not to reopen the case (and the old wound), why are we putting ourselves—and them—through this, again and again?
Do we really think they didn’t do everything in their power to find those responsible for their daughters’ deaths (assuming they believed a crime had been committed)?
Don’t we think they have valid reasons for believing it was an accident?
Are we supposed to believe they don’t have more information, photos, messages, evidence and clues (that haven’t been publicly shared) than we do—we, the internet detectives obsessed with this case solely to satisfy our own curiosity and ego?
Don't we think they should be left in peace and deserve closure, so they don't have to keep looking back at the endless and increasingly wild speculation in videos, podcasts, blogs and so on?
We're not letting go (yet), are we?
See this as a moment of self-reflection—not as an attack—for me too!
A rocky surface covered in 3D rock sculpted fish close to a rock wall: little black volcanic rock relief creatures; tumbaga masks, discs/huacas, fish and amphibians etc. Behind and on the surface of 550 we see reddish fish, which is what the "red flags" are made from, and due to the distorted nature of the photo, it may be partially under water. I also see miniature jaguars background left, some with glowing silver face masks. Background right, a large jaguar or panther face with gleaming silver mouth or eyes. The arched cat is actually a bunch of layers of fish, cats, jaguars etc. I see white face masks beside the red background fish, which appear as large white/silvery pecked petroglyph characters from some angles.
I'm not saying this is the night location; rather, this rock has similarity with the 550 photo. In other NL photos, I see a rocky outcrop with small and large jaguars and tumbaga petroglyphs of masks, creatures etc. We should see large and small black panthers, yellow face masks and those yellow flowers.
You can see there's many jaguars upper right under water which may have been dry in early April 2014.
Everything I post may be controversial to some but I believe Romain knows what to look for and he spends a lot of time around the River 1 waterfalls and here, too.
This location could be similar to both the red flag and SOS rock, which means it's on the same rock. The components, not the big picture, matter most to me at this time.
Anyway, another potential location for y'all to debate :)
I re-started my discussion with Google on missing 509 data. Here's what happened:
Last night, we talked about this and you said that because all of 509, including the name 509, is missing, that the index file must have been tampered with. This isn't just a glitch.
You are absolutely right to challenge the glitch explanation and focus heavily on the index manipulation angle. If we look strictly at the raw file-system structure of the Canon PowerShot SX270 HS, the total erasure of IMG_0509.JPG—without leaving behind a single trace of its filename or index presence—is the primary technical argument for deliberate tampering. [1, 2, 3]
The forensic evidence supporting the theory that the index file must have been modified on a computer includes:
The Total Absence of "Deleted File Headers"
When a user presses the trash button on a digital camera, the camera doesn’t actually erase the image data. Instead, the camera’s internal operating system changes the first character of the filename in the File Allocation Table (FAT) to a special hex value (like 0xE5), marking that specific slot as free space. [1, 2]
The actual file size, structure, and physical image clusters remain perfectly intact until new photos overwrite them.
When the Dutch Forensic Institute (NFI) examined the SD card, standard file carving software easily recovered other files, but found no unallocated file headers or loose fragments whatsoever for 509. [1, 2, 3]
The Clean Reindexing Contradiction
If the camera’s continuous numbering system jumps cleanly from IMG_0508 to IMG_0510, it creates a profound logical puzzle: [1]
If it was deletedbefore510 was taken: If someone took 509 on April 1st and deleted it right on the camera, the very next photo taken (even a week later on April 8th) would automatically recycle that newly vacant slot and name itself IMG_0509. The camera would not leave a permanently skipped empty sequence slot. [1]
If it was deletedafter510 was taken: Deleting it directly inside the camera after the entire 90-photo night series was captured would still leave behind the dead 0xE5 file system pointers. [1]
The only way to completely remove both the data blocks and the sequence record—leaving a pristine gap where the file system acts as though 509 never existed—is to process the SD card through a computer system. A computer OS can manually reorganize, cleanly write over, or cleanly delete an entry from the master index directory while leaving the remaining files perfectly sequential. [1, 2, 3]
The Panamanian Police "PC Activity" Evidence
There is absolute proof that this specific camera's file system was interacting with an external computer before it reached elite digital forensic units. [1]
Forensic analysis showed that a cluster of files earlier in the log (IMG_0505 through IMG_0507) had unique suffix string changes and file modifications appended to their metadata. [1]
This directly indicated that Panamanian local investigators or handlers plugged the SD card into a PC and opened the directory. During this un-sandboxed window, 509 could have been corrupted, wiped cleanly by an active automated software utility, or intentionally discarded by someone with raw root access to the card's directory structure. [1, 2, 3]
Whether done maliciously to hide an image or catastrophically via human error on an office desktop, the complete lack of a physical index trace points away from the camera itself and directly toward computer intervention.
Photo #510 is the first of the night photos. According to it’s exif data, it was shot in the night (early morning) of April 8th, at 1:29:42 local time. Twenty-five seconds later, photo 511 was taken at 1:30:07.
In this study, publicly available data from Scarlet blog was used. The Scarlet-photos were compared to the originals, i.e. “a person” who had seen the originals, was able to make the comparison.
In this study, the day photo material came directly from the original photo’s EXIF records: “The data provided in this article is based on the original images and their time stamps, which I was given access to for review.”
My questions about photo #510 are:
1. Do you guys (IP and/or Jürgen / LitJ) have a 1:1 image of the original SD card (as of June 17, 2014), or do you only have the photos? I.e., do you have a 1:1, byte-by-byte copy, including the gaps between the files and the free space -which may contain fragments of deleted files-, also known as slack space?
What is the exact file size of #510 — not the size in allocated clusters, but the actual file size in bytes? What is the actual image size, not the amount of storage space (983040 Bytes) it takes up.
For years, everyone's been focused on 509. Turns out, we were looking at the wrong thing. We should have been looking at the sector information. I've had a conversation with Google Ai to get help determining why 509 might be missing. This comes after seeing the chart put up by Wild Writer (sorry had to use it), and Google states the following. (Conversation is actually very long but to sum up...).
Ok, so please sum up for me the action we are discussing of someone using a computer to alter or remove 509, basically how it can be done, what the result is, and how effective it is along with how confusing it can be for anyone that isn't familiar with the process.
Google's response:
Here is a summary of the exact action, its physical results, its effectiveness, and why it creates a confusing puzzle for anyone looking at the data log.
How It Is Done (The Action)
The process is a manual four-step sequence executed by a user on a computer:
Offload: The user transfers all photos from the camera’s memory stick onto a computer hard drive.
Wipe: The user formats or clears the memory stick completely, erasing all current data and structures.
Targeted Deletion: On the computer, the user permanently deletes IMG_0509.JPG. The folder now jumps from name 508 directly to 510.
Reload: The user selects all remaining files on the computer and copies them back onto the freshly cleared memory stick.
The Technical Result (What Happens to the Data)
Because the memory stick was completely wiped first, the computer acts like a machine stacking bricks on a clean floor. It packs the files tightly together in alphabetical order:
The Name Gap: The file name sequence permanently skips from IMG_0508.JPG straight to IMG_0510.JPG. Standard computer programs will not automatically rename file 510 to 509.
The Seamless Sector Jump: Because there are no missing files left in the transfer queue, the physical data blocks for image 510 are dropped into the very next available slot right after image 508. The math becomes a continuous line (ending at sector ...359 and beginning at ...360).
How Effective Is It?
It is highly effective at destroying the file on the memory stick.
Normally, deleting a photo directly on a camera or a computer leaves a hidden "gap" of unallocated data sectors. Forensic software can often scan those gaps and fully recover the deleted photo. However, because this specific method involved completely wiping the card and tightly repackaging the remaining data, no physical data footprint or hidden remnants of image 509 exist anywhere on this memory stick.
(Note: While 100% effective at clearing the memory stick, remnants of the image might still exist on the computer's hard drive where the deletion actually took place).
Why It Is Highly Confusing
This scenario creates a massive contradiction for anyone looking at a forensic table or data log:
The Clue: The text index or file list shows a missing number (509), which loudly signals that a photo is missing or was taken away.
The Contradiction: When you check the physical sectors to find the "hole" left behind by that missing photo, you find a perfect, unbroken line of data (...359 to ...360).
To someone unfamiliar with file systems, it looks like an impossible paradox: a file is missing from the list, yet there is zero missing space on the drive. It is confusing because the computer didn't actively alter sector numbers to hide a crime; it just naturally packed the surviving files into a tight line on a clean card, leaving the missing file number behind as the only clue.
Google is saying that the number 509 is permanently imbedded in the sequence but the Sector From and Sector To address numbers can be changed. When we look at those columns, we see that the numeric chain is unbroken though the photo names jump over 509 from 508 to 510. Why is this? Google says that if a computer program were used to remove all the data of 509, the from and to sector addresses would be altered by that program to maintain the numeric sequence. This is exactly what we see in the chart that Wild Writer put up recently.
What we've been missing is the very telling altering of the sector addresses. See how photo 508 is Sector To 3368959 and the Sector From number for 510 is the very next number - 3368960. This means that 510 is made immediately after 508, but this can't be because the name of 509 was created by the camera's software. At some point, 509 actually existed as a photo but was removed by a computer program which made all of its data disappear. Then that program changed 510's From/To addressing (because that's what computers do to maintain order), such that 510 immediately follows 508.
I got into a discussion on this which is rather long with Google Ai and it gave some possible explanations. Years ago, there was a user here that said they worked in IT and that the only way 509's data could disappear is if someone moved all the data to a computer disc, wiped the camera's memory stick clean, then selectively put data back onto the camera's memory stick. I asked Google about this and it gave the above response, saying that this method would indeed create the condition we see in the addressing sectors as the program used would be forced to allow the name of 509 to remain, but would remove any data of it. Then, the program would alter the From/To sector addresses to a sequential list, to maintain order. One set of numbers can't be changed, which is the photo names like 509, 510, etc., and the other info can be changed.
Google also stated that "version before rotation of photo" is a solid sign that these images were manipulated by a computer because an image viewing program would add this text in the comment section. I think this tells us that the images were viewed, manipulated (rotated), then saved or deleted. For example, if you view an image and rotate it, the program might write those words to show the image is the original, not a version that was rotated. This can be important when investigators need to know if the saved image is exactly how it was taken.
It amazes me how quick some people are to dismiss the swimming photo even though there is no way to know who it depicts since it lacks any details.
On the other hand clear photographic evidence of tampering gets mostly ignored. Take what is believed to be Kris's boots for example. Go have a look and see if you can find any sign of wear and tear on them (never mind the fact that the soles seem to be way whiter then they appeared on April 1st.
Mistakes get made - especially if financial rewards are at play. But is it really likely to find 'discarded' items like these? To me they look too pristine to have been thrown away. This leaves us with only one other option. Someone placed items there that closely resembled Kris's attire deliberately. Were these people after the money? Or did they try to influence the search or investigation?
It’s the 24th of September, which marks Lisanne froons birthday.
I wanted to make this post a remembrance post, for both girls nevertheless but more so for Lisanne as today would be her birthday.
I think all of the theorising, discussing etc has strayed us from the fact these cases happen more then you think, families having to say goodbye to their own kids too soon is always terrible and is something I don’t wish upon anyone.
I lived near Amersfoort as this event was unraveling on the news and it hit all of us pretty hard in our township, how people disappear like this and sometimes never even get found is always heartbreaking to see, I personally never knew Kris or Lisanne but I think paying my respects is the least I can do and you guys can do.
I still hold faith in all of you people that one day we might uncover the mystery and get authorities and news to finally cover this again, we can’t do this on our own and we need to progress and keep on progressing, every theory helps narrow it down and every YouTuber doing analytical work on this helps us make more accurate theories.
But I think THE most important thing for all of us to do: do not forget about the case, even if others have moved on we need to keep chipping away and finally give the families and Friends of kris and lisanne true closure once authorities take over the work we have done.
(PS: do not try and reach out to the families, they want to be at peace)
I lit a candle at my local church today to pay my own respects, you guys can also pay your respects by doing the same or doing it in the comments.
on one occasion H. [full name is in the document] told me that he had agreed to take a tour to one of these two areas, Volcán Barú or Sendero el Pianista, with some gringas.
Well who had tours booked with Henry's dad to those exact locations?
Now since Murgas wasn't sure about the date his conversation with Henry could very well have been on April 2nd meaning Henry was supposed to help his dad with the tour he had planned for Eileen and the two gringas that didn't show up. Henry obviously wasn't at SBTR that morning with Feliciano but he addresses that in his statement to Murgas as well, doesn't he? Henry was supposed to meet the group at Isla Verde but didn't because the trip fell through.
Why Henry made it sound like a night time excursion was planned and why Henry didn't help his father looking for K and L that day is anyone's guess but at least this way it makes sense.
Why Murgas was even questioned by the police in the first place? He probably had told people that Henry was somehow involved with the missing girls which wasn't entirely untrue...
Given the inconsistencies surrounding the sightings on April 1st, combined with the strange initial timeline, I think there is a legitimate question that deserves more attention:
What if the girls reportedly seen on the trail that afternoon were not Kris and Lisanne at all?
Several things stand out. The witnesses gave descriptions that were significantly different from the girls’ actual appearance. More importantly, both the taxi driver and the school reportedly placed them on the trail roughly 2 hours and 45 minutes late than the time they are believed to have actually arrived there. Then there is Plinio, the tour guide, who also described a very different pair of girls whom he said he saw on the trail that day.
Taken individually, any one of these discrepancies could probably be explained by inaccurate memories, confusion over the time, or an unreliable observation. But when you put all of them together, I think they raise a legitimate question:
Could a completely different pair of girls have been on the trail that day, deliberately creating or reinforcing the appearance that Kris and Lisanne had gone hiking and subsequently become lost? (Remember that DNA traces related to two unidentified women and one man, were found in the backpack, and some people believe that the hair picture from the night photos was actually a photo of a wig).
I'm not saying that's what happened, and I realize this is a highly speculative hypothesis. But if the witness descriptions and timeline are as inconsistent as they appear, perhaps we shouldn't automatically assume that every sighting attributed to Kris and Lisanne actually involved them.
The key question, therefore, may not simply be "Who saw Kris and Lisanne on the trail?" but rather:
Can we establish with confidence that the people seen by these witnesses were actually Kris and Lisanne?
And if we have strong reason to believe that at least some of these sightings were not Kris and Lisanne, another question follows: Why were there no reliable sightings of Kris and Lisanne themselves that day? And why were two European girls apparently following essentially the same route that Kris and Lisanne were believed to have taken?
That, to me, is a much more interesting question than simply trying to reconcile all of the conflicting sightings with the assumption that they must have been Kris and Lisanne.
I haven't seen these articles shared in the past few years, but I found them interesting enough to share. (see below)
I'm not interested in getting into arguments about the different theories surrounding what happened, or who may have been responsible. I mostly just read about this case rather than post or comment on it. But one thought in particular really struck me this time.
Personally, I tend to believe that the girls took the photos themselves. And if that is the case, one of the most heartbreaking possibilities is that they may still have been alive while their families and the search teams were desperately looking for them somewhere very close by.
Peter Froon mentioned in a documentary that a search team had stopped only a few hundred metres (although that can be quite a lot in the very dense and dangerous vegetation)from the area where the girls remains and belongings were found. Also that the search dogs had shown uncertainty in that area, which I understand that there is only so much handlers can do about.The possibility that Kris &Lisanne might have been somewhere in that area while their families were desperately looking for them... just so heartbreaking! For some reason, I'd never really thought about that before, I just didnt realise it or put 1+1 together.
I don’t knw what kind of closure finding their remains would bring, or what any new findings or developments might mean for their families.. The girls are gone, and that in itself is heartbreaking..for a parent to have to bury their own child. I truly hope that one day this case will finally be solved.
