THE CASE of the two Dutch tourists who went missing on April 1 is now being treated as "crime against personal integrity" and no longer as a disappearance, says Prosecutor Betzaida Pittíi.
Pittí said that the decision was made after the remains found in Bocas del Toro were confirmed as Lisanne Froon. It must now be determined if she died of natural causes or if foul play was involved.

 Froon and Kris Kremers, both Dutch tourists, went missing while hiking on El Pianista trail from Boquete April 1. Indigenous residents found a backpack belonging to the two women in Alto Romero, Changuinola, on the Culubre River. Subsequent searches of the area uncovered the remains, which have been identified as Froon. Other remains are being analyzed to see if they are Kremers.
Pittí said no one is under investigation at this point.
"It is still too soon to determine what happened to the Dutch young women, but I want to be clear that Panama will not suspend the proceedings and will continue to search for answers," said Pittí.
She mentioned that items from the backpack, including cell phones and a camera, are being analyzed for evidence.
"We must reserve certain information because anything that I say could harm the investigation," said Pittí.
ONGOING SEARCH
Earlier it was reported that a piece of a hip bone has been sent to Panama City to be tested to see if its DNA matches either woman. Pittí said family members of the two women provided DNA samples to Dutch authorities to compare to the remains found in Panama says La Prensa
Forensic examiner Silvia Bandells said that specialists with the Institute of Legal Medicine in David analyzed the remains, and then they were sent to Panama. The first set of remains was a foot that belonged to Froon, a report is still pending on the hip bone.