Missing North Carolina student Brook Cheuvront, 20, found dead in South Africa

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Missing North Carolina student Brook Cheuvront, 20, found ***** in South *******

A 20-year-old ********* student from North Carolina has been found ***** after vanishing during a hike on Table Mountain in Cape Town,

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officials say.

The body of Brook Cheuvront – a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – was recovered on Sunday. Cheuvront was reported missing on Saturday after a tracking app she was using stopped updating and friends could not reach her, SANParks spokesman JP Louw told The Associated Press.

“She was recovered, we are devastated. **** help me and us,” Steve Cheuvront,

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as her father, wrote in a

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post.

The cause of Cheuvront’s ****** is unclear. The sophomore was interning at University of Cape Town, and in addition to being a Morehead-Cain scholar was the 2022 valedictorian at Avery County High School, where her mother teaches,

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Brook Cheuvront has been found ***** after going on a hike in Cape Town, South *******.

“One of our teachers tragically lost a loved one today,” the high school’s principal, Jennifer O’Briant, wrote on

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. “We will have counselors and pastors present tomorrow at school for students who may need support. If students feel led to, please wear blue in support of the Cheuvront family.”

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An initial search was conducted by rangers, wilderness search and rescue members, and trail runners until late Saturday evening when it was no longer practical to continue, Louw told The Associated Press.

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Brook Cheuvront, of Newland, North Carolina, was the valedictorian of her high school, media reports say.

An aircraft joined the search the next day and helped to locate the body.

South ******** authorities have urged people to

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on their own, suggesting it be done in groups of at least four people.

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Table Mountain in Cape Town, South *******, in July 2023.

The management of SANParks, which manages Table Mountain and other

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said an investigation into Cheuvront’s ****** is ongoing.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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