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Police in Spain have begun scaling back the search for a British hiker missing in the Pyrenees, almost a month after she disappeared without a trace.
Sharing an update of their investigation into the puzzling disappearance of Esther Dingley, the Guardia Civil also said that they were no longer using helicopters to scan the vast mountain range for signs of the 37-year-old.
A spokeswoman for the force told the
Observer: âOfficers arenât out searching as intensively as they were at the beginning. Theyâre not looking everywhere like they did before.â
The search for Dingley began after she failed to return from a solo trek in the Pyrenees, which straddle the border of Spain and France, last month. She last communicated with her partner of 19 years, Dan Colegate, on 22 November, sending a selfie of herself on the summit of Pic de Sauvegarde.
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Captain Jean-Marc Bordinaro of France s Gendarmerie de Saint-Gaudens told The Times: Esther Dingley wanted to continue with her current way of life, journeys in a camper van and sporting activities including hiking, whilst Daniel Colegate seems a little tired of this nomadic life. NOMADIC LIFE
He added: Did Esther Dingley want to go off on her own to live her life and organise her own disappearance? There is nothing enabling us to eliminate this working theory.
But Matthew Searle, from missing person s charity LBT Global said: We are working closely with Daniel and the family, and there is absolutely no suggestion that she was seeking another life .