Friends that vanished while on hike left disturbing photo on their phones beforehand

    A decade ago, friends Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon disappeared during a hike on Panama’s ‘El Pianista’ trail.

    They went missing on April 1, 2014, and it took several months before their body parts were discovered.

    Kremers, 21, and Froon, 22, had been planning the hike for months and are thought to have traversed a forested area near the Baru volcano in Boquete, Panama.

    However, they were never seen alive again, and despite an extensive search, it wasn’t until June that additional clues were uncovered.

    Someone turned in Froon’s backpack, claiming to have found it by a riverbank. The backpack contained money, water, two phones, and a camera.

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    The two women went missing on 1 April, 2014, but phone activity showed they were active for days afterwards. (YouTube)

    The phones revealed that around six hours into the hike, both devices had been used in an attempt to call emergency services. However, due to a lack of signal, the calls were never completed.