Israel Police say skeletal remains found in a wooded area outside Jerusalem have been identified as a Finnish tourist who disappeared in March 2024, after forensic testing confirmed a DNA match and the family was notified.

The remains were located near the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Ze’ev after children walking in the area spotted bones shortly before Shabbat and alerted a parent, who called police. During searches at the scene, officers also found a foreign passport tied to the missing tourist.

Hebrew media reported the tourist arrived in Israel in late January 2024 and was last seen on March 10, 2024, at a hostel on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem, before contact was lost and earlier searches failed to locate her.

Police have not released the circumstances or cause of death, and investigators are still examining how the remains and passport ended up in an area described as not particularly isolated.