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Police ramp up search for missing German backpacker in outback WA

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The search for a missing German backpacker in outback WA has intensified, with police narrowing in on the area where they believe she became lost. Carolina Wilga's van was found bogged in dense bushland, 50 kilometres from the tiny town of Beacon where she was last seen nearly two weeks ago. UPDATE: Missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga has been found alive in the West Australian outback. Police have confirmed the 26-year-old has been found 'safe and well'.
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