March
2006
News
on 18 March 2006 |
| French
Police search Nagarjun forest again |
 |
Members
of the French Police team that arrived here yesterday have started another
search for missing French tourist Celine Henri Saturday morning.
French
tourist Celine Henri and German Sabine Ursula Gruneklee went missing in
the Nagarjun forest on Sept. 3rd and Oct. 15th respectively.
Although
Gruneklee's body was found in the forest a month ago, no traces have been
found of Celine Henri. The French police have been searching and questioning
locals with the help of a team from Valley Crime Investigation Section.
According to security officials, the French team comprises of 6 members
led by the Police Commissioner.
(News
from Kantipur Online)
February
2006
News
on 20 February 2006 |
| Body
of foreign lady identified |
|
The
medical reports identified the dead body as that of German tourist Sabine
Ursula Grueneklee, 31, who had gone missing in Nagarjun forest four
months ago, police officials involved in the investigation said. The
police couldn't find the French tourist Celine's body.
(News
from Kantipur Online)
February
2006
News
on 12 February 2006 |
| Police
looking for two missing European women in Nepal say they have found a body
near Kathmandu |
|
December
2005
News
on 06 December 2005 |
| Sabine
Ursula Grüneklee, Missing in Kathmandu, Nepal |
|
Update:
Sabine Grüneklee is still missing in Kathmandu. She was last seen
on the 15th of october in the Nagarjun Forest, which is 8km in the northwest
of Kathmandu.
We
are still searching people, who were in the Nagarjun Forest on 15. october
2005, especially an Italien group of 3-6 people and a French man, who were
definitely at this time in the Nagarjun Forest. We hope that they have
got important information in the case of Sabine.
If
somebody knows Italien or French people, who were in Kathmandu or in this
forest at this time - please contact us, contact options can be found below.
| December
2005 |
| Celine
and Sabine |
|
On
Saturday, 3 September, 32-year-old Celine Henri signed her name into the
entrance book at the gate of the Nagarjun Forest at 12.05 PM. She never
signed out. No one has seen or heard from her since.
That
morning Henri, who served in Nepal as a volunteer, stored her luggage at
Hotel Pilgrim in Thamel and told the receptionist she would be back by
evening. Family and friends raised the alarm only a month later when they
hadn't heard from her.
Under
pressure from Henri's family, French ambassador Michel Jolivet decided
to investigate himself. A trekking guide said he had seen someone fitting
Henri's description climbing to the summit of Nagarjun on 3 September.
The French Embassy checked the register at the gate of Nagarjun and found
Henri's name. On 16 October, Jolivet and embassy staff retraced Henri's
steps and 20 minutes climb above the twin helipads on Nagarjun's east ridge
they came upon a water bottle, a black jersey and a bra. They immediately
called the police from a mobile phone who arrived with sniffer dogs. The
police found fresh blood stains, a hair clip and a spot where the high
grass had been trampled.
The
French were puzzled: Henri had been missing for more than a month yet the
blood was fresh and grass in the monsoon doesn't stay crushed like that.
What they didn't realise was that they had discovered the spot where a
31-year-old German woman, Sabine Gruneklee, had been killed only the day
before.
Source:
Nepali Times December 2005
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| Nagarjun
Forest Reserve |
|
The
walled Nagarjun forest reserve, north-west of Kathmandu, is filled with
live pheasant, deer and other animals. This is one of the last significant
areas of untouched forest in the Kathmandu Valley. Nearby is a popular
Buddhist pilgrimage site, a number of limestone caves and a small lookout
with commanding views over the countryside. The main entrance to the reserve
is a 20-minute bicycle ride from Thamel; the walking trails begin just
inside the gate.
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