Body found in mountains where Bristol student went missing

Body of Missing Teenager Found Dead 9 Months After Disappearing in Romania’s Bucegi Mountains

For nearly nine months Romanian rescue services searched for George Smyth. | Image: Cornwall Live Two Romanian shepherds discovered the body of an 18-year-old British hiker, who disappeared while hiking alone in the Bucegi Mountains last November. The nine-month search for University of Bristol student George Smyth has ended after two Romanian shepherds discovered his body in the Bucegi Mountains. Smyth, an 18-year-old geology student at the Uni…

Body found in mountains where Bristol student went missing

By Dana Datu, News Deputy EditorAvon and Somerset Police confirmed that Romanian local authorities located a body in the region where George Smyth, a first-year Geology student at the University of Bristol, first disappeared. While no formal identification has been made, the body is believed to be that of the 18-year-old.Forensic enquiries are taking place, while efforts are being made to transfer the body back to the UK.Smyth first went missing…