Thiem's disappearance prompted safety concerns about the 470-mile (760-kilometer) series of pilgrimage routes, which tens of thousands of people walk annually. Embassy in Madrid declined comment about the arrest of the suspect, citing privacy laws that prevent the disclosure of information about the case.
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Spanish TV showed footage Friday of officers at a small apartment building taking away the suspect, a bearded man later identified as Munoz. tourist Denise Pikka Thiem, who went missing in April as she was walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in northwestern SpainĪstorga is on the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, also called the St James Way, which ends at the Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Santiago de Compostela. The Spanish national newspaper El Pais reported late on Friday that police had found the decomposed body on the arrested man's property.įound: Spanish police have found the body of U.S. Thiem, who was from Phoenix, Arizona, was 40-years-old when she disappeared and would have turned 41 in August.
'Following months of intense investigations, our agents have found the body of Denise and detained the alleged perpetrator,' the head of the Spanish police, Ignacio Cosido, said on twitter. She stopped posting pictures on social networks and communicating with friends on April 4.
Thiem went missing in April as she was walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain. The arrest, and the discovery of the body, came after about 300 Spanish officers searched the area where Thiem, who is from Arizona, was last seen on April 5 in the town of Astorga. James Way, after being arrested on Friday in Asturias, reports The New York Times. tourist Denise Pikka Thiem who went missing this Spring.Ī government spokesman says Miguel Angel Munoz took investigators to his farm near the Camino de Santiago, also called St. Spanish police say that the arrest of a 39-year-old man on Friday led them to the body of U.S. Last month, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wrote to Thiem's parents saying he "understands the pain of a family that does not know where their daughter is", in a letter dated August 24 and seen by AFP.Murder suspect: Spanish police say Miguel Angel Munoz, 39, led them to the body of a missing U.S. Hundreds of thousands of tourists and Roman Catholic pilgrims hike the Camino de Santiago each year, staying at hostels along their way towards the city of Santiago de Compostela. Spanish police had previously questioned people Thiem had met while in Spain in an extensive operation involving around 200 people of 20 different nationalities, the minister said. "Pending an examination, it appears that the body is that of the American pilgrim," it added, indicating that an autopsy would be carried out in a nearby town.
"The suspect led the police to a body in an advanced state of decomposition hidden under branches," it said. The man was arrested at a property not far from Astorga following an order from a judge at a local court, a statement said, without giving details of his identity. "A person has been arrested and the search has been suspended for the moment," a police source told AFP, without giving further details. Police had on Friday confirmed arresting a suspect a day after resuming their search for her near Astorga, deploying 300 officers backed by a helicopter and search dogs with a focus on local wells.
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