An American woman who went missing while on a hike on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, has died and her body has been recovered, authorities said on Monday.

Brook Cheuvront was reported missing on Saturday after a tracking app she was using stopped updating and friends could not reach her.

An American student has reportedly been found dead on South Africa’s iconic Table Mountain after going missing during a hike. SANParks, who manage South Africa’s National Parks, confirmed a female hiker had been found dead and her body had been recovered in a press release shared on Monday, Sept 23.

Brook Cheuvront, 20, from Newland, North Carolina, was reported missing on Saturday after setting off at midday to trek up the mountain. Her friends became worried when a tracking app she’d used to update them suddenly stopped working, said SANParks, authorities for Table Mountain National Park.

An American woman who disappeared while hiking on South Africa's Table Mountain has been found dead, officials said. Brook Cheuvront, a student from North Carolina, was in Cape Town doing an internship at an NGO.

SanParks has confirmed that a young American hiker has been found dead on Table Mountain. 20 year old Brook Cheuvront has been named in international media as a student from North Carolina who was in Cape Town doing an internship at an NGO.

Brook Cheuvront, a brilliant 20-year-old college sophomore, was on the trip of her lifetime when catastrophe struck. The young woman from Newland, North Carolin

A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student studying abroad who vanished during a hike while in South Africa has been found dead, park officials confirmed Monday.