A body has been found during the search for a British teenager who disappeared while hiking alone in mountains near Dracula’s Castle in Romania nine months ago. The discovery may bring an end to a prolonged search and is likely to lead to formal identification and further investigation into the circumstances of the disappearance.

The teenager went missing during a solo hiking trip in the mountainous area near Bran Castle, a major tourist site associated with the Dracula legend. Search efforts had continued for around nine months before the body was located; authorities have not yet publicly confirmed the person’s identity or cause of death.