Eight detained in death of woman tourist

EIGHT  people from Isla Bastimentos in Bocas del Toro have been taken into custody as part of the investigation that is being carried out into  the death of  23-year-old American Catherine Johannet whose strangled body found Sunday Feb. 5  near a hiking trail in a wooded area.

Johannet arrived in the province of Bocas del Toro On Thursday February 2 morning and checked into a hostel. Soon after 10 am she left for Isla Bastimentos. When she failed to return, officials from the Civil Protection authority (Sinaproc), The National Police and volunteers  began a widespread  search.

Over 40 extra police have been drafted into the area to assist in the investigations.