Kathmandu, May 22:

German trekker Kristina Kovacevic’s decomposed body has been found in Solukhumbu and flown to Kathmandu on Friday. She will be cremated in Kathmandu and her ashes taken to Germany, said her sister Karoline Stallcup who had been to the Khumbu region to look for her.

“A trekking guide came up to me in Namche and told me that he had come across my sister’s body. So I trekked all the way to the spot and found that my sister had fallen off a 200-metre cliff,” Karoline said. Karoline, who had flown to Lukla on May 16, said she suspected foul play in her sister’s death. She said Kristina may have been robbed and pushed down the cliff. “Her belongings — money, credit cards, sleeping bag, shoes — are all missing. All she had were the pants and the shirt she had been wearing. However, I cannot say for sure that she was killed because there is no proof,” she said today.

The last time she heard from her 41-year old sister was on March 13. Kristina had sent an e-mail to Karoline from Namche Bazaar. She may have died on March 15, Karoline said.

“Now I am waiting for the German government and the German embassy to issue a clearance for my sister’s cremation. Her ashes will have to be sent to Germany through courier.”