One woman’s vacation has ended in tragedy.
Colleen Monfore, 68, was traveling in Indonesia with friends when she disappeared after being separated from her group during a Sept. 26 diving excursion, only for her remains to be found within the belly of a shark two weeks later, friend of the family Rick Sass confirmed to the New York Post.
According to Rick, authorities were able to match fingerprints on the remains to those of Colleen.
But while it was suspected that the Michigan women may have been killed by the shark, Colleen’s friends and loved loved—including her husband Mike and Rick—believe she suffered a medical issue while in the water
E! News has reached out to Indonesian authorities for comment but has not yet heard back.
It is unclear whether Colleen had any medical conditions prior to this dive, and her cause of death has not been confirmed at this time.
According to Rick, after he and his wife Kim—who together ran a dive shop for over 40 years—examined photos from the dive, spoke with Mike and reviewed data from the dive computer, they are adamant Colleen was not killed by a shark.
