Yes, I’ve been casually following but this is the thing that interests me the most at the moment to knowIt would be very interesting to know how much if anything the police have managed to find out about this mystery hiker she met
Aunt of missing hiker Esther Dingley fears she may have been kidnapped
Captaine Jean-Marc Bordinaro, leading the French operation, told the Sunday Mirror: "The weather is deteriorating, making searching very difficult.
"There may be a resumption if there is new information. Spring will ensure a resumption of the search."
Asked if he had any knowledge of the Spanish side of the investigation over the man who gave Esther a lift - Cap Bordinaro replied: "No…we are on the French side".
But he rejected the theory that Esther had been taken.
He said: "It's impossible to be kidnapped on the mountain. You’re not going to hide her in a rucksack. There would have to be a camping car or something."
He also rules out a bear attack.
I see no reference in this article at this link... to “the towns.” I see no direct quote that he does not believe she is on the mountain.
Why would he think she would be kidnapped from the mountain itself ..as in actually while out walking...if kidnapped would it not be that she has got in a vehicle willingly with someone in the first instance?
There aren't much (if any) car accesible roads in the area of Pico de Salvaguardia.
He seems to rule out kidnapping from the mountain, but I can't find anywhere he states she's not on the mountain.
When she says she was offered a lift ..where abouts would that be from ?
Esther Dingley: Police looking for missing British hiker looking at 'options beyond mountain accident'
Daily Mail interviewed the same Captain Bordinaro.
He said they do not believe she is in the Pyrenees.
Sky ran the same thing but 3rd hand via DC. Esther Dingley: Police looking for missing British hiker looking at 'options beyond mountain accident'
Aunt of missing hiker Esther Dingley fears she may have been kidnapped
Captaine Jean-Marc Bordinaro, leading the French operation, told the Sunday Mirror: "The weather is deteriorating, making searching very difficult.
"There may be a resumption if there is new information. Spring will ensure a resumption of the search."
Asked if he had any knowledge of the Spanish side of the investigation over the man who gave Esther a lift - Cap Bordinaro replied: "No…we are on the French side".
But he rejected the theory that Esther had been taken.
He said: "It's impossible to be kidnapped on the mountain. You’re not going to hide her in a rucksack. There would have to be a camping car or something."
He also rules out a bear attack.
I see no reference in this article at this link... to “the towns.” I see no direct quote that he does not believe she is on the mountain.
Here you go. The Captain.
Police searching for missing UK blogger interview boyfriend twice | Daily Mail Online
Occam's Razor.
She was seen hiking up the mountain, alone, by several people. It was unusually late in the day for a hike into the mountains. Her backpack was noted as "very heavily loaded," which is atypical for an experienced hiker. She summited an hour later and sent pictures to her husband. We don't know how long she stayed at the summit, with the times reported she would have been descending somewhere in the range of 4:30 to 5:30, maybe later if she stayed a bit or took time to eat. You don't have to be an experienced hiker to know that descending a mountain at that time of day, especially in the winter, is not optimal.
Her ride with mystery hiker was three days before. She made no mention of him after that. Red herring.
This site has many, many cases of "experienced" hikers who never came home because they misjudged their ability and/or conditions. That she chose to summit late in the day, and descend as it was getting dark, makes it likely she is, sadly, in that category.
This quote from that article is informative!
"Police also announced today that they believe Ms Dingley never crossed the border from Spain to France."
So if we are looking into the theory she met with foul play, it would have happened on the Spanish side. I wish they could locate the other hiker she mentions on her Nov. 19th post. He was parked and hiking in from the Spanish side as well that day. They would have spent several hours together in their descent and then the drive in his car to her camper and she likely would have talked about her plans for her final hiking trip before returning to her partner.
I am on the fence whether there was foul play, but if there was, he well positioned to have earned enough of her trust to then be able to cause her harm. I hope through investigative work and technology they are able to locate him.
Occam's Razor.
Her ride with mystery hiker was three days before. She made no mention of him after that. Red herring.
I think my last post might have got overlooked <modsnip> earlier this afternoon. Do we know where Esther spent the night of Saturday 21st? Perhaps there was no answer before because the answer simply isn't known.