Bones Found In French Pyrenees Mountains Belong To UK Hiker: Family

Esther Dingley, 37, had been walking on her own in the mountain range, which straddles the border of France and Spain, but had not been heard from since sending a WhatsApp message on November 22.

Human bones recovered in the French Pyrenees belong to a British hiker who went missing last November, the woman's family said on Friday following a DNA test. Esther Dingley, 37, had been walking on her own in the mountain range, which straddles the border of France and Spain, but had not been heard from since sending a WhatsApp message on November 22. She had driven to Spain from France at the end of October, leaving her partner Daniel Colegate behind. He later raised the alarm over her whereabouts, prompting a major search and rescue effort on both sides of the border. On Wednesday, a source close to the investigation in France said remains had been found near Bagneres-de-Luchon, in the south of the country and sent for DNA analysis at a forensic laboratory in Toulouse.