French backpacker found dead in Cambodia
05 Aug 2025 03:10pm
The 23-year-old, named by French media as Lisa Girard-Fabre, from southwest France, was found dead near Siem Reap, the main city for Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. Photo: Facebook/Lisa Girard
PHNOM PENH - The body of a missing French backpacker has been found in Cambodia, police told AFP on Tuesday, saying she is thought to have suffered a cardiac arrest.
The 23-year-old, named by French media as Lisa Girard-Fabre, from southwest France, was found dead near Siem Reap, the main city for Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
Lieutenant Colonel Sok Meng Eang from Siem Reap police told AFP that the woman was found dead in a dried canal on Monday after she had been missing for two days. An autopsy found that she died from a cardiac arrest and her body has been given to the French Embassy. Photo for illustrative purposes only - Canva
"Police found her body in a dried canal near Siem Reap city yesterday," he said.
An autopsy found that she died from a cardiac arrest and her body has been given to the French Embassy, he said.
"There were no injuries on her body or any sign of abuse against her," Sok Meng Eang said, adding that her belongings, including her phone, were found at the site and that her clothes were in good condition.
French newspaper Depeche du Midi reported that the woman was partway through a trip attempting to go around the world without using planes.
She went missing after going running on her own, the paper said. - AFP
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