Brook Cheuvront: American hiker found dead near South Africa's Table Mountain

The body of the 20-year-old student was found near the famous Table Mountain, where she had gone hiking.

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Brook Cheuvront, a student from North Carolina, was in Cape Town doing an internship at an NGO.

The 20-year-old student was reported missing on Saturday after a tracking app she was using while on a solo hike stopped updating and she could not be reached.

Her body was discovered on Sunday in a mountainous area near Table Mountain known as Devil's Peak, police told local media.

South African National Parks (SANParks), which manages Table Mountain and other national parks, said the hiker left her room at noon to hike up the mountain.

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