Tasmania Police have found more bones and a car key which has been “formally verified” as having belonged to Belgian tourist Celine Cremer, missing since June 2023.
Ms Cremer, 31, was backpacking when she disappeared after embarking on a short hike to Philosopher Falls, in the state’s north-west.
Celine Cremer. (Facebook)
Late today, Commander Nathan Johnston said a specialist search team “completed a detailed examination of a 350-metre section of the Arthur River on Sunday and Monday”.
Searchers found “five additional bones, two teeth and a Honda car key,” Commander Johnston said in a statement.
“Police have today formally verified that the car key belongs to Celine,” he said.
“The search undertaken over the past two days was thorough and methodical, and many of these items were located beneath debris, embedded in the riverbed itself.”
Tasmania Police and Ambulance Tasmania personnel during Arthur River search for Celine Cremer, 8 and 9 February 2026. (Supplied: Tasmania Police)
Search personnel from Tasmania Police, with Ambulance Tasmania wilderness paramedics, were winched into the area and, due to severe weather conditions, were required to camp overnight on Sunday before being extracted yesterday evening, he said.
“We are continuing our liaison with Celine’s family to keep them informed as we review the search efforts to date,” Commander Johnston said.Multiple search efforts
Ms Cremer had been working and travelling in Tasmania when she was reported missing after failing to board the Spirit of Tasmania and her white Honda car was later found in the car park at Philosopher Falls.
Missing tourist Celine Cremer’s car was found at Philosopher Falls car park on June 27, 2023. (Supplied: Tasmania Police)
What could have happened to Celine Cremer?
A detailed search of the area unfolded amid treacherous weather conditions over the following weeks, though it failed to uncover any signs other than her parked car.
This initial search was eventually called off after it was determined Ms Cremer would not have been able to have survived the freezing temperatures and poor conditions.
The search for answers continued quietly for more than two years — and it was not until December 2025 when the case suddenly burst back into the news.
A renewed search effort, which involved some of Ms Cremer’s friends from Belgium and multiple Australian volunteers, found her mobile phone and other items.
Search and rescue experts have had to be winched in because of the difficult terrain. (Supplied: Tasmania Police)
These discoveries then helped guide an independent search by one of the team of volunteers, who found multiple human bones roughly 3 kilometres from the trail in January.
Further items, including more human remains and clothing believed to have belonged to Ms Cremer, were then found in the following days.
The forensic testing of human remains found in January is continuing, with no further updates currently available, police said on Tuesday.