Wang Zyuan – A cruise ship visitor missing for days on St. Kitts and Nevis was found dead on June 1, after last being seen on the Mount Liamuiga hiking trail on May 27.
For days, the search on St. Kitts and Nevis kept running—until June 1, when a search team finally located a man who had been missing in the Mount Liamuiga area.
The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force said in a Facebook post on June 1 that Wang Zyuan, 33, was found dead. The department did not state a cause of death. “Detailed information is not yet available, and investigations into the circumstances are ongoing,” the police said.
Zyuan was last seen on the Mount Liamuiga hiking trail around 10 a.m. local time on May 27. Authorities said he was “travelling alone and without a guide at the time of his disappearance. ” according to a May 28 post from the police. On the day he disappeared, he contacted emergency services at around 2 p.m. to report that he was lost in the Mount Liamuiga Mountains. Sometime after that, communication was cut off, the police said.
In its June 1 Facebook post, the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force asked the public to “refrain from speculation and to rely only on official sources for accurate information as this matter proceeds.”
Even with the discovery, key details remain unclear. Police have not said which ship Zyuan was on, and it is not clear whether he was traveling as a passenger or working as crew. In the missing persons poster shared by the police force, he is pictured wearing a Royal Caribbean name tag.
What makes the missing particularly difficult to unravel is the terrain. Mount Liamuiga is described as a dormant stratovolcano on the island of St. Kitts and Nevis, with a peak of 3,793 feet, according to mountliamuiga.com. AllTrials. a hiking website. characterizes the trail as “more of a jungle climb than a hike. ” warning that it is “not for the faint of heart. ” with “the muddy and uneven path is easy to lose.”.
The same hiking guidance says there are stretches where hikers must climb steep slopes and use slippery tree roots “as a sort of makeshift ladder,” reinforcing how quickly conditions can turn dangerous when someone is alone.
The police force said investigations into the circumstances are ongoing. Authorities also said they were still withholding more information because they do not yet have “detailed information” available. leaving the public waiting for answers about what happened after Zyuan’s call for help on May 27 and how long communication remained cut off.
USA TODAY contacted the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and Royal Caribbean on June 3 for further comment.
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