The Public ministry confirmed that the skeletal remains found in the Colca riverbed on September 21 belong to the Belgian tourist Natasha of Crombrugghedisappeared in January in the Colca Valley (Arequipa).
“Two weeks following the discovery, the El Pedregal Provincial Criminal Prosecutor’s Office, in charge of the provincial prosecutor José Manuel Lazo Paz, confirmed that the skeletal remains belong to the Belgian tourist Natasha of Crombrugghe”reported the Public ministry.
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This was determined following a DNA test was carried out on the victim’s parents, Eric de Crombugghe y Sabine Verheltsat the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Ayacucho.
The expertise was carried out by Carlos Alberto Tello Ayllón, coordinator of the Molecular and Genetic Biology Unit, and it was possible to determine by homologating the samples obtained, with the femur found, the biological relationship and identity of the Belgian citizen.
Bone remains
The bone remains were found in the Tultinza sector, Huambo district, province of Cayllomaparticipating in the removal of the corpse the prosecutor attached to the provincial Jesús Manuel Gallegos Basurco and PNP Roberto Gomez Zuniga.
Various legal proceedings and examinations of biological and anthropological identifications, odontogram and DNA examination were carried out.
The work has been carried out jointly by various members of the Public ministryNational Police, Medical Legal Unit III of Arequipa y Ayacuchoamong others, allowed progress in the different proceedings.
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