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UNC student found dead in South Africa

Brook Cheuvront was found dead Sunday afternoon in South Africa. The UNC student was working with a South African-based human rights group.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The body of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student was found Sunday after she went missing the day before in South Africa.

Multiple news outlets in South Africa said Brook Cheuvront went missing around noon South African Standard Time on Saturday after she went for a hike to Devils Peak at Table Mountain National Park near Cape Town.

Around 2 p.m. SAST, local authorities said they found Cheuvront's body.

A spokesperson for the South African Police Service said an inquest case has been opened into Cheuvront's death.

Her father, Steve Cheuvront, asked all people to take down Facebook posts asking people for information on his daughter once authorities found her body.

"She was recovered, we are devastated. God help me and us," Steve Cheuvront said on Facebook.

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