DNA testing has confirmed remains belong to missing hiker, says charity LBT Global
Human remains found in the search for the British hiker Esther Dingley who went missing in the Pyrenees have been confirmed by DNA testing as being hers, the charity LBT Global has said.
Dingley, 37, had been walking solo in the mountains near the Spanish and French border and was last seen on 22 November.
Her partner, Daniel Colegate, and her mother, Ria Bryant, said in a joint statement: “We are distraught to report that we have received DNA confirmation that one of the bones found last week belongs to Esther.
