I read reports that the current operation involving 300 personnel is on hold. I understand why.
According to this article, the suspect that was arrested has confessed to the crimes and is prepared to lead the police to the body of Denise is.
A detainee in Asturias by the disappearance of an American pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago
The arrested, aged 39, has confessed that he knows where the body of the pilgrim, who disappeared in April
Efe - Ep 09.11.2015 | 20:27
A detainee in Asturias by the disappearance of an American pilgrim on the
Camino de Santiago Video: LNE
National Police agents have arrested Friday in the Asturian town of Grandas, near the border with Lugo, a man in connection with the
disappearance of Denise Thiem, American peregrine disappeared last April in the environment Astorga (León) while I was doing the
Camino de Santiago, Europa Press reported police sources.
Sources have indicated that the detainee is Michelangelo MB, 39, and after being arrested in Great Salime in the southwest of Asturias, has confessed that he knows where the body of the pilgrim is.
The detainee is a resident of the village of Castrillo de los Polvazares (León), in the municipality of Astorga, and, according to neighborhood sources,
lives outside in a wooden house almost in the mountains, between the town and Santa Catalina.
In this regard, a spokeswoman for the Pilgrims Hostel Castrillo, told Europa Press, explained that the suspect, who is not a native of Castrillo but come out about three years ago,
lives alone and has in the estate with a garden and a well.
The neighbor says not surprised by his arrest because, as has been well reported, the police had clues about it since years
"left to the pilgrims who passed through here and say the insult. A person who lives there in the Mount that way makes me think also that it says it has very bad temper ".
The detainee owns one of the areas in which researchers looked at the woman, to Europa Press sources of research. These same sources have stated that at the moment
are to suspend work search had resumed this week to continue them in the presence of the arrested as one of the areas where it is sought is yours. Police believe that the arrested, a man of middle age, can facilitate the work of search agents.
Those involved in the research believe that the detainee is
the prime suspect in
the disappearance of Denise Thiem, who missed the track last April in the vicinity of Astorga (León) while I was doing the
Camino de Santiago.
According to police sources consulted, the police investigating the case suspected of involvement for months and even came to interview him as part of the investigation, but did not get to take a statement formally.
Researchers working with different assumptions, although considered unlikely an accidental fall, because the pilgrimage route to Santiago no steep areas.
The National Police in charge of the investigation, has made multiple inquiries and has taken statements from dozens of possible witnesses and the Civil Guard has tracked the area.
During the summer, Arizona Sen. John McCain sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, which offered the cooperation of the FBI to solve this case, especially if the research that followed pointed to a murder . According to research, the 6th of March, the pilgrimage began alone the
Camino de Santiago from Pamplona.
For nearly a month, Denise was doing the route and its route could go through different pictures of the places he visited and hung in a private account in a social network.
According to this chronology, the last photo was taken on April 3 in a place unidentified, although he appeared in his account of the social network a day later.
Research has also clarified that the last time you took money from the ATM, 50 euros, was on April 1, while the last day I contacted a friend via internet was the 4th.
That evening, Denise showed his credential Pikka pilgrim hostel in San Javier, near the Cathedral of Astorga, as reflected in the record of this hostel for pilgrims.
The next day, Easter Sunday, breakfast in the cafeteria Gaudí, according to statements by several pilgrims lost their track in the church of Santa Marta, adjacent to the cathedral maragata.
According to his last message on the network, he planned to attend Mass and then undertake a stage of 14 kilometers to the town of El Ganso, as they had been told that he had "a decent hostel" was collected in his last message.
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