Body found in search for 18-year-old British hiker George Smyth missing in Romania

Mr Smyth’s family thanked the mountain rescue team that ‘worked tirelessly’ since November trying to find their son

Family paid tribute to Bristol University geology student, 18, after being notified by Avon and Somerset police A body has been found in the search for an 18-year-old British man who went missing last year while hiking in Romania, UK police said. George Smyth, a geology student at the University of Bristol, went missin

Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 15, 2026 5:02pm Updated August 15, 2026 5:02pm George Smyth, 18, went for a hike towards the village of Bran, home to Dracula’s rumoured home, in rural Romania on November 23 (Picture: Salvamont Brasov) A body has been found in the search for a British teenager who

Bristol university student George Smyth, 18, went missing while on a solo hiking trip in Valea Gigănesti, in Romania

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