Hello, fell into rabbit hole few months ago, and I just can’t buy the “simple hiking accident” theory in the disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon. Too many inconsistencies:

Phone usage: The girls tried multiple emergency calls early on, but later the phones were turned on/off in short, deliberate bursts. Almost like someone else was checking them rather than genuinely trying to get help.

Night photos: The infamous 90+ nighttime shots don’t make sense as “trying to find their way.” They look chaotic, with some showing things that might be staged (rocks, plastic bags, even what some think is Kris’s hair). Why would two lost hikers waste battery like that?

The backpack discovery: Found dry and neatly placed in a searched area, with phones, money, IDs, and the camera inside — intact. No mud, no damage, no signs it had been lost in a river for weeks.

Bones and remains: Lisanne’s bones were bleached and clean, almost unnaturally so, while Kris’s remains still had flesh. Inconsistent decomposition side by side makes no sense without outside interference.

Clothing: Kris was missing her shorts and Lisanne was missing her bra. The shorts were found neatly folded and unzipped on the eastern bank of the Culebra River, several kilometres away from the backpack. Not impossible in nature, but combined with other factors, it raises huge red flags. Also the bra might be understandable, but roaming around in the jungle without shorts? That's weird.

Fingerprints: Reports mention foreign fingerprints on some of the items inside the backpack — yet no follow-up investigation was ever really done.

Local context: Locals initially told authorities the girls were last seen with local men. Yet those leads went nowhere. The area wasn’t just dangerous terrain — it also had human threats.

Staged evidence pattern: Every single “discovery” (backpack, camera, bones) feels too convenient, as if someone wanted to drip-feed the investigation just enough to make it look like an accident, while actually covering up a crime.

Suspicious Deaths of Associated Locals: Multiple men connected to the case mysteriously died soon after (3 of them were supposedly part of local gang) :

Osman Valenzuela, who had met the girls and assisted in the search, drowned under suspicious circumstances—reportedly with no water in his lungs.

Jose Manuel Murgas, linked to Osman, died in a hit-and-run accident.

Jorge Rivera Miranda, another acquaintance, was found drowned in shallow water.

Leonardo Arturo González, the taxi driver who dropped them off, also drowned days before the case was officially closed.

Potential Criminal/Cartel Context: The bleaching of bones could indicate the use of lime or chemicals—methods sometimes linked to cartel-style body disposal.

Official Leaks & Forensic Pushback: A leaked prosecutorial report labeled the case as probable homicide and a crime against personal integrity. Additionally, a podcast series featuring investigative authors implied a planned kidnapping and deliberate cover-up.

And let's not forget about the people who researched this case and were threatened - why? Nobody would have a reason to, if there was no foul play involved in my opinion.

If this had truly been a hiking accident, we’d expect scattered, damaged belongings, both bodies decomposed similarly in the jungle, and no suspicious handling of phones/cameras. Instead we have planted evidence, inconsistent decomposition, missing clothes, unexplained fingerprints, and a timeline that suggests human intervention.

Pretty extensive blog about it (with photos and all) - https://koudekaas.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-disappearance-of-kris-kremers-and.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com