Police make plea for credible tips a year after disappearance of Belgian tourist Celine Cremer

Nearly a year has passed since Belgian tourist Celine Cremer was lost to the Tasmanian wilderness – with police making a fresh plea for credible information to help find her.

Celine Cremer disappeared in northwest Tasmania almost a year ago. Picture: Facebook

Nearly a year has passed since Belgian tourist Celine Cremer was lost to the Tasmanian wilderness.

The 31-year-old was believed to have walked in “awful” weather conditions along the Philosopher Falls track, located about 10km from the northwest township of Waratah.

She was last seen at Waratah on June 17 last year.

With the anniversary of her disappearance approaching, Tasmania Police has made a fresh plea for information.

“We’re still very committed to finding Celine,” Commander Stuart Wilkinson told reporters on Friday.

However he noted that over the past year, information given to authorities had been “very inaccurate” at its best, and “mischievous and damaging to the family” at its worst.

“It can provide false hope to the family, which is really cruel,” he said.

Scenes along the trail that leads to Philosopher Falls, where Belgian tourist Celine Cremer went missing.

Commander Wilkinson said nothing had changed since the intensive search for Ms Cremer officially wrapped up on July 10 last year.

However, he said police were still working on a theory – based on data from her phone – that Ms Cremer had wandered off the Philosopher Falls track, and “met with her fate” in an isolated piece of bush nearby.

“It’s difficult to say how far she could have got, it’s very dense, thick, challenging terrain down there,” he said.

“The weather conditions when she first went missing … it was really awful. It was wet and windy and cold and snowing, it was pretty well as bad as that area can deliver.”

Commander Wilkinson said so far, there was no evidence that Ms Cremer had left the Philosopher Falls location, and no evidence she met with foul play.

He said police had done extensive work to ensure they had spoken to everyone in the area at the time – and “nothing has come of that”.

Commander Stuart Wilkinson has made a fresh plea for credible information, a year after Celine Cremer disappeared. Picture: Grant Viney

“There’s nothing we’ve received, nothing we’ve found, that indicates any other person was involved in Celine’s disappearance,” he said.

“However our minds remain open to any scenario and we’re happy to act on any credible information we receive from anyone in the community in relation to this or any other unsolved crime or unsolved missing person (case).”

Commander Wilkinson said he had seen reports that Ms Cremer’s family had hired a private investigator and an Australian drones expert.

“If they have information that is relevant and information that we can act on, we certainly will,” he said.

“Our technology is good, our skills are very good, we’re very contemporary in this space. I’m not sure what a private investigator will bring, but if there is a private investigator working on this, we’re very happy to take whatever assistance or information they can give us.”

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Originally published as Police make plea for credible tips a year after disappearance of Belgian tourist Celine Cremer