Yorkshire reality TV girl, 17, found in woods
Posted: Monday, May 23rd, 2005 10:48 am
A teenager has been found dead in woods near her home just weeks before she was due to star in a reality TV show.
The body of Carina Louise Stephenson, 17, from South Yorkshire, whose family spent four months in Australia living like early settlers for the programme, was found by search teams on Saturday.
Carina was last seen on Thursday at 10am when she left her home at Branton, near Doncaster, on her bike.
When she failed to return home, relatives contacted the police and put posters up in the neighbourhood appealing for information.
The teenager, who had recently revealed she was a lesbian, appeared “happy and normal” in the days before her disappearance, according to her family. She had planned to start her A-levels in September before pursuing a career in the Army. … Read full story
