The partner of missing hiker Esther Dingley is convinced "someone else was involved in her disappearance", he revealed today.
Dan Colegate, from Durham, is haunted by the "terrifying prospect" that she was taken "against her will" on a mountain in the Pyrenees 10 weeks ago.
Esther, 37, was walking solo near the Spain-France border while Dan was house-sitting at a Gascony farmhouse two and a half hours away.
She has not been seen since November 22. Dan does not believe she fell or had an accident. Writing on Facebook, he told followers: "Esther is highly intelligent and an experienced hiker. "She's well aware what a search operation involves as we've seen several in action. "The idea she would trigger that and put others at risk to get
Read more on mirror.co.uk