Catherine Shaw: what happened to British backpacker in Guatemala?

Body of 23-year-old found after she vanished from her hotel with a puppy last Tuesday

Catherine Shaw
Catherine Shaw, from Oxfordshire, was travelling with a friend 
(Image credit: Lucie Blackman Trust)

The body of Catherine Shaw, a British backpacker who went missing in Guatemala last week, has been found.

The Lucie Blackman Trust, which has been supporting 23-year-old’s family, confirmed that a body discovered during the search was indeed Shaw.

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