Esther Dingley had been hiking alone in the PyreneesThe skull found in the Pyrenees last week has been confirmed as that of Esther Dingley, the British backpacker missing since November, according to her family. In a statement, Dan Colegate, her partner, and Ria Bryant, her mother, said: “We are distraught to report that we have received DNA confirmation that one of the bones found last week belongs to Esther.”SponsoredThe skull was spotted by a Spanish hiker at an altitude of 2,200m (7,200ft) in the Port de la Glère pass on the Franco-Spanish border last week. Bryant supplied a sample of her own DNA for French police to check against the remains. Captain Jean-Marc Bordinaro, head of the police unit in St Gaudens, said the most likely explanation was that Dingley, 37,

Source: The Times July 30, 2021 10:00 UTC