It has been established that Denise arrived in Astorga in the afternoon of April 4.
She spent the night in the hostal San Javier.
The next morning, April 5, Denise was seen near the Cathedral of Astorga by two German women.
She was in the company of an Italian man named George.
The four of them had breakfast on a terrace.
April 5 was Easter Sunday, the town of Astorga was loaded with people.
Denise planned to go to mass in a church near the Cathedral. After that, she wanted to continue to El Ganso, a village at 13 kms from Astorga.
No trace of her has been found after 12.30 hrs.
http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/leon/201505/02/trece-kilometros-esconden-enigma-20150502103853.html
The police have located the Italian man 'George'.
Giorgio Candoni finished the Camino and returned to italy on April 15.
He remembers Denise and their conversation, and that is all.
He was unable to offer new information.
He kept a diary on the internet (*), there are no pictures with Denise in them.
(* I saw the diary but unfortunately, I lost the link. I believe that his daughter posted his reports of the trip.)
http://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/sociedad/201505/03/donde-esta-denise-20150501110626.html
Por las calles de la capital de la Maragatería acompañó a la mujer Giorgio Candoni, un peregrino italiano sesentón y barba cana. Su testimonio era una de las grandes esperanzas de los investigadores. Candoni siguió su ruta en solitario, llegó a la capital gallega y regreso a Italia. Fue localizado el pasado miércoles. Recordaba a Denise. También publicaba un diario digital de su ruta en el que no aparecen referencias ni foto alguna de la desaparecida. Pero poco más ha podido aportar.
The same publication states about Denise that she took 50 euros from a cash machine each week:
Metódica, sacaba 50 euros de algún cajero cada semana
IMHO 50 euros taken from a cash machine per week is very little, even if it was only pocket money and she paid the rest by credit card or bank card.
The albergue San Javier costs 9 euros per night. If prices in other
hostales are similar, this would leave her with no money for anything else even if she did her own cooking.
A lot of searching has been done between Astorga and el Ganso. Denise still has not been located and there are no sightings of her after Astorga, 12.30 hrs on April 5.
On the forum of El Camino and other places it is claimed that the Camino is safe. Sadly, the comments next to the publications in the newspaper tell a different story and so do some women who walked the track:
http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/leon/201505/02/trece-kilometros-esconden-enigma-20150502103853.html
May 2
In the last hours there have been several women who warned security forces that they were surprised by a man who harassed them in that stretch. And the police have taken very seriously this information. A sketch has been made of the man and his features as part of the search performed by agents in the area.
Could the same man who harassed the pilgrims have met with Denise? Nobody knows. Just like no one knows if the "heart problems" suffered by the woman may have contributed the lack of news during the last three weeks.
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