"Relentless Search": Partner Finds Body Of UK Hiker In French Pyrenees After 8 Months

Daniel Colegate found Esther Dingley's body and equipment close to where a bone was found by a mountain runner two weeks ago.

The partner of a British hiker who went missing in the French Pyrenees last November has found her body, her family said Tuesday, adding that an accident was "the most likely hypothesis". Esther Dingley, 37, had been walking on her own in the mountain range, which straddles the border between France and Spain, but had not been heard from since sending a WhatsApp message on November 22. Her partner Daniel Colegate, who raised the alarm over her whereabouts, found her body on Monday following a "relentless search", according to a family statement released by charity LBT Global. Colegate found Dingley's body and equipment close to where a bone was found by a mountain runner two weeks ago. A DNA test on the bone confirmed last month that it belonged to the hiker.