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Body of vanished woman discovered by Mountain Rescue Patrol

Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:55 CET

byNick Iliev

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Body of vanished woman discovered by Mountain Rescue Patrol

Botev Summit

Photo: Dobrin Minkov/Nick Iliev

The body of the 42-year-old woman who vanished in central Stara Planina a week ago, was found under the summit of Botev by the Mountain Rescue Patrol, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported on November 16 2009.

She was discovered buried under snow at a steep ravine some four hours away from the Vassil Levski mountain lodge over the town of Karlovo.

The rescue teams were suspecting that the body was that of 42-year-old Emilia Dimitrova, a teacher from Veliko Turnovo who vanished on November 8, when she left the lodge without a phone or adequate mountaineering equipment and protective kit.

The body will be brought down to the town of Kalofer on November 16 by a team of mountain rescuers and will be submitted to the authorities.

Bulgarian daily Dnevnik reported on November 16 that it had taken four days for a team of 12 "seasoned mountain rescuers from Veliko Turnovo" to be mobilised in the search after the initial operation proved unsuccessful.

Rescue units from Sopot, Karlovo, Kalofer, Kazanluk, Stara Zagora and Plovdiv were mobilised in the region to search for two disappeared hikers. A 24-year-old male, native of Stara Zagora disappeared in the vicinity of Rai Lodge on November 4 2009.

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