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Three local teenagers charged with attempted aggravated murder appeared in Clermont County Municipal Court Monday

Esther Dingley, 37, went missing on November 22 while hiking in the Pyrenees Police are now treating the investigation as if her disappearance was voluntary They believe she feared her nomad life with partner Daniel Colegate was to end Spanish Civil Guard have suspended the search for her because of poor weather Jose Antonio Ballarin was the last person to see her alive at Plan de lEstany

When he saw Esther Dingley heading up the mountain road from the village of Benasque, Jose Antonio Ballarin wasn’t sure whether or not to stop his car. Under Spain’s lockdown rules, the retired businessman shouldn’t have offered a lift to a stranger at all.  But something about the sight of the 37-year-old woman carrying a large khaki backpack made him pull over. Esther, who often took lifts on hiking trips, jumped in and travelled with the 71-year-old and his grandson for five miles, ch...