India, Jan. 24 -- Canadian backpacker Piper James, 19, was found dead on Seventy Five Mile Beach on K'gari (Fraser Island) in Queensland on Monday morning, just hours after she reportedly went for an early-morning swim. Her body was discovered surrounded by a pack of dingoes, prompting a coronial investigation into her unusual death.

A preliminary autopsy has since revealed that she likely drowned, although injuries consistent with dingo bites were also found. Authorities have said the bite marks were not necessarily the immediate cause of death, and further tests are required to confirm the full sequence of events.

Piper James was a 19-year-old backpacker from Campbell River, British Columbia, who was exploring Australia's East Coast a...