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The British hiker lost in the Pyrenees may have disappeared to protect her “nomadic” lifestyle, it was claimed yesterday.
Esther Dingley could have deliberately disappeared because she feared that lifestyle was about to end, police said.
French and Spanish officials are analyzing the theory of “voluntary disappearance”.
The latest event occurred when heavy snowfalls forced the search in the mountains to be suspended.
Esther, 37, is said to have been concerned that her partner, Daniel Colegate, 38, was considering settling down after six years of traveling Europe in a caravan.
She was last seen on November 22 after hiking alone.
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Captain Jean-Marc Bordinaro of the Saint-Gaudens Gendarmerie stated: “Esther Dingley and her partner formed a normal couple and, like all couples, there were ups and downs in their relationship.
“Esther Dingley wanted to continue her current way of life, motorhome trips and sports activities like hiking, while Daniel Colegate seems a bit tired of this nomadic life.
“This situation caused some tensions in the couple, but nothing more. There was no question for them to part.
“Did Esther Dingley want to go alone to live her life and organize her own disappearance?
“There is nothing that allows us to eliminate this theory of work.”
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The couple had met at Wadham College, Oxford, where Esther was studying economics and management and Dan was studying chemistry.
She worked for a year in the Oxford Chemical Research Laboratory while she was completing a BA.
They moved to Durham where he was offered to study for a doctorate.
Dutch-born Esther, who grew up in Stone, Bucks., Had been an intern at Headington School in Oxfordshire, which paid £ 36,000 a year.
Represented Great Britain at rowing.
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