In breaking news out of Cancun, Mexico this morning, Por Esto newspaper is reporting that police have recovered the remains of a body that may match the description of missing tourist, Julia Howard, just south of the Moon Palace Hotel and Resort in Cancun. The early reports, still without positive identification until further forensic investigation, indicate that among the remains are a metal hip prosthesis that the missing Scottish grandmother was known to have had. The body was found in a area known as the Las Americas ranch by security personnel who contacted police officials.
Julia Howard has been missing since shortly after her arrival on June 16, 2009 from the Moon Palace Resort, reportedly she had been preparing to go for a morning walk after leaving relatives nearby at the resort’s pool area.
More on this story as it is available…
http://www.poresto.net/quintana-roo/46507-julia-howard-quiza-encontrada
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:51 am I just heard this on the radio, was coming to send you an email before class. The radio said it was confirmed that it was her, though we all know how the media works. They said it was in an area about 1 km from the hotel. A sad tale, I wonder if we will ever know what happened to her. Thanks for keeping us up to date Mr. Dangers.
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:16 am Noticaribe now has a story up as well….. http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/cancun/2009/07/hallan_osamente_cerca_de_hotel_presumen_sea_turista_desapare.html
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:02 pm Thanks for reporting this Dangers, I have thought about Julia a lot lately. Maybe the family will have some kind of closure now. My prayers go out for them……..jean
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:30 pm CC, thanks for the update, and of course thinking of us here at Cancun Casa, mucho gracias! ;-) And, we too are trying to balance out the press reports coming in, opting for the heavy lean from the breaking report at Diario de Yucatan online edition covering the press conference this AM.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:34 pm Jean (elmo)~ our condolences to the family as well, and show of support for the fine working men and women from various public organizations in Quintana Roo who took the time to exhaustively search for Julia Howard before the search was called off. I think we all had an idea this one wasn’t going to end well and it’s our hopes that the investigation sheds final light on what happened here.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:25 pm So sorry to hear this tragic outcome of Mrs. Howard’s disappearance. My thoughts and prayers go out to the Howard family and thanks for keeping this event in the forefront Dangers.