The road to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain near the town of Astorga, on the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. The suspect reportedly fled and on Friday he was arrested in a bar 100 miles away. Police announced last week that they would renew the search for the missing woman and would deploy dogs and helicopters as well as a 300-strong team of police to carry out intensive searches of the area where she was last seen. He had first been interviewed by police shortly after she went missing after it emerged that he had exchanged $1,000 just a day after she was last seen.ĭespite appeals from Ms Thiem's family and a number of well known public figures, including the US Senator and former Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, there appeared to be little progress in the search for the missing walker. Police reportedly became suspicious after several other walkers reported being bothered by a man fitting Mr Muñoz's description after following yellow arrows to his farm.Īccording to police sources, Muñoz was one of the early suspects and had been under observation in the hope that he might incriminate himself and lead investigators to her body. The results of DNA will confirm whether the body is that of the missing 41 year-old who was last seen alive in the nearby town of Astorga The decomposing remains thought to be those of Ms Thiem were discovered last week. tourist Denise Pikka Thiem, who went missing in April as she was walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain Thousands of people of people who complete the month-long walk every year and several have reported encountering Muñoz after taking what turned out to the the wrong footpath.įound: Spanish police found the body of U.S. The police believe that Mr Muñoz simply copied the yellow arrows and painted his own. The suspect is believed to have spray-painted the signs in order to middirect people off the official route and down a parallel track that led to his home 800 metres away near the village of Castrillo de los Polvazares in the region of Castilla y Leon. Police beleive Muñoz used tactics that included the painting of arrows to divert walkers off the pilgrimage route toward his remote farm.īright yellow arrows are used along the length of the Way of Saint James to help mark the pilgrimage route and point the way to Santiago de Compostela. Miguel Angel Muñoz Blas, a 39-year-old man was remanded into custody by a judge on Monday, and accused of the murder of 41-year-old Ms. tourist following his arrest on FridayĪ man accused of murdering American pilgrim Denise Thiem is thought to have lured the woman to his farm and ultimately her death by painting fake signs to misdirect those walking along the Camino de Santiago trail in Northern Spain.
Murder suspect: Spanish police say Miguel Angel Munoz, 39, led them to the body of a missing U.S.
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