Overview
- Lisa Alert’s Karelia branch reported locating the body on February 19 during ongoing search operations.
- Authorities and volunteers had been searching since February 2, when 36-year-old Natalya Prostakova left after an evening service at Valaam Monastery.
- Prostakova, a native of Yekaterinburg, had come to the monastery for a religious assignment.
- Monastery clergy, including Father David, told media she had recent psychological difficulties, with insomnia and a halt to prescribed medication, and dorm neighbors tried to keep her under watch.
- Her mother said the body was found on the ground, and officials have not released cause-of-death details.