Human remains were confirmed to be those of Esther Dingley on Friday, ending an agonising search for her
The death of British hiker Esther Dingley remains a mystery to detectives who are keeping all options on the table in their investigation.DNA results confirmed it as hersIt ended a months-long search for the Durham-born walker, 37, who was last seen setting off on a solo journey in November.A senior police source said: ‘The enquiry is ongoing and being led by a public prosecutor with the assistance of judicial police and gendarmes.
He told the BBC: ‘The search has been so prolonged and so intense, that as far as I’m concerned the probability of an accident is now less than the probability of a criminal act.’ A huge search operation was at times hampered by poor weather conditions in complicated terrain and had to be called off in February, before resuming in late April.Esther’s family and friends are distraught by the news of her death on the Spanish side by a runner at around 2pm on July 23, before French authorities were alerted.
Specialist officers from Spain and France had carried out several searches of the area around the hiking trail.He has been told by police colleagues that wild animals may have picked up the skull in a hidden gulley and transported it to the spot where it was found by Spanish hikers.Brown bears and wolves are among the animals roaming freely in the Pyrenees, and birds of prey such as vultures are also a common sight.
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