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Carolina Wilga, 26, was last seen at a general store in the town of Beacon in Western Australia on 29 June

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Police have found a van belonging to a missing German backpacker nearly a fortnight after she was last seen in a remote Australian town – but have so far found no trace of her.

Carolina Wilga, 26, was last seen at a general store in the town of Beacon in Western Australia (WA), roughly 200 miles northeast of the city of Perth, just after midday local time on Sunday 29 June. She left about five minutes after arriving, and has not been seen or heard from since.