India, Dec. 7 -- Tributes have poured in for a woman who was allegedly left to freeze to death by her boyfriend near the summit of an Austrian mountain. 33-year-old Kerstin Gurtner died less than 150 feet from the summit of Grossglockner mountain on January 19. She was led and later left there by her experienced mountaineer boyfriend Thomas Plamberger, the Daily Mail reported.

Gurtner, a Salzburg native, described herself as a "winter child" and a "mountain person" in social media profiles. Plamberger, 39, is facing negligent homicide charges after Gurtner's death. Gurtner, an inexperienced climber, trekked through over 12,000 feet in -4 degree Fahrenheit conditions up toward Austria's highest peak.

"At approximately 2:00 a.m., the defe...