Disappearance of Nicola Bulley

As the search for missing Fylde mum Nicola Bulley enters its thirteenth day police and experts are still no closer to finding out what has happened to the ...

Investigators released a description of a potential witness - a man in his 70s - the following day and he was spoken to. Dive chief Peter Faulding initially said his team would find Nicola in under an hour if she had fallen into the river at the bench. Nicola's friends rubbished this claim, saying they rarely took the ball on walks and she wouldn't have tried to fish it out, putting herself at risk. Another dog walker came through a gate and found Willow wandering alone without her harness on, which was on the floor - then spotted the phone. And on the Sunday (January 29), residents met at the village hall around 10.30am before organising two separate searches in the morning and afternoon. Mr Faulding was adamant she wouldn't have drifted out to sea. She was seen by a dog walker who knew her at around 8.50am and at 8.53am sent an email to her boss. She was seen by a second witness at 9.10am, the last known sighting. Police have also made clear there is no evidence supporting their main theory, including any slip marks at the scene. Leaving her car park at the school, she took Willow for a walk at 8.43am along the river path. However, her phone was later found on a bench overlooking the water, with the dog wandering alone nearby. A major police operation has been launched, with an independent under forensics team also drafted in this week.

While police believe she somehow fell into the River Wyre and drowned, others fear she was abducted and taken to an unknown location. And 12 days later, there ...

And she was totally normal that day when she left, nothing out the ordinary.' However the force told MailOnline their search remains 'ongoing' and that there was no deadline in place for it to end. Nicola Bulley (pictured with her partner Paul) vanished while walking her dog Willow along the riverbed on January 27, moments after dropping her two children off at school. This is just one part of a huge police operation.' Police released a CCTV image of missing mother Nicola Bulley (pictured) as the search continued this week. For someone whose mobile phone was found there... There have been competing theories ever since the mother-of-two vanished from the village of St. which means that your natural response if to take a big gasp of air, meaning water will fill your lungs. 'That's been dived by police dive teams three times as well... [When will divers finish search for Nicola Bulley and why was phone left behind? My body does feel shock with that unnatural breath in.' Mr Faulding also maintained that if Nicola's body was in fact in the river, it would have been found in the stretch of water closest to where the phone and harness were discovered.

Peter Faulding, chief executive of search group Specialist Group International, says his team have been unable to locate Nicola Bulley in the area of the ...

I can't put those girls to bed again tonight with no answers." [Images released of Nicola Bulley on day she vanished](https://news.sky.com/story/nicola-bulley-first-images-released-of-dog-walker-on-day-she-disappeared-12804157) [Community 'in shock' over disappearance](https://news.sky.com/story/nicola-bulley-community-in-shock-over-dog-walkers-disappearance-as-friends-strive-to-protect-daughters-12803765) "If Nicola was in that river I would have found her - I guarantee you that - and she's not in that section of the river." [joined the search](https://news.sky.com/story/nicola-bulley-first-images-released-of-dog-walker-on-day-she-disappeared-12804157) for Ms Bulley on Monday. [specialist called in by the family](https://news.sky.com/story/nicola-bulley-independent-search-team-has-sonar-which-can-see-every-stick-and-stone-on-riverbed-12804392) who is assisting police with the search, said his team have been unable to locate the 45-year-old. An underwater search expert looking for missing mother Nicola Bulley has said his team is pulling out of the hunt as she is "categorically not" in the area of the river where detectives believe she fell in.

True Crime Newsquest is hosting a special podcast on the disappearance of Nicola Bulley with underwater search expert Peter Faulding.

[spoke to The Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/missing-nicola-bulley-facts-disappearance-29161201) about the “horror” they faced over the possibility of never seeing her again. “All we are asking is no matter how small or big, if there's anything that you can remember that just doesn't seem right then please reach out to the police. She said there is a lot of information to comb through as the police received “thousands of pieces of information” from the public, wider community as well as Nicola’s friends and family members. Ms Riley urged against speculation, but said it was “possible” that an “issue” with Ms Bulley’s dog may have led her to the water’s edge. Nicola Bulley’s friends share CCTV images of her on the morning of her disappearance. Lancashire Police said they were working on the hypothesis that Ms Bulley may have fallen into the River Wyre. Her father told the newspaper: “We just dread to think we will never see her again, if the worst came to the worst and she was never found, how will we deal with that for the rest of our lives.” Lancashire Constabulary spoke with a second witness who they had identified with the help of the public using CCTV but they told police they did not have any further information to aid their inquiry. Her family released a statement saying they had been “overwhelmed by the support” in their community, and that her daughters were “desperate to have their mummy back home safe”. Lancashire Constabulary continues to carry out the investigation into the disappearance of the mother-of-two but police have been unable to find evidence that shines a light on her whereabouts. Police urged volunteers to exercise caution, describing the river and its banks as “extremely dangerous” and saying that activity in these areas presented “a genuine risk to the public”. The search for the mother-of-two has now been ongoing for 12 days, as police work on the hypothesis that she may have fallen into the River Wyre while walking her dog.

From the mobile phone on the bench to the calmness of her dog, this is what the divers 'can't get their head around'

“Normally when we deal with drowning victims they go to the bottom and they will stay there for a while,” he said. Lancashire Police continue to appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage. A body will move after a time, but they searched that area and came up with nothing – that is what is weird here. It is a very short stretch. This would normally be sealed off as a crime scene so potentially crime scene investigators can go in and see if there are any microfibres, evidence, slip marks down the bank etc and I don’t believe that has actually happened here.” The forensic expert said: “People have been walking past the bench.

Police have said they think Nicola Bulley could have left the riverside on a path that was not covered by CCTV, as the specialist rescue team searching for ...

Police investigating the disappearance of Nicola Bulley are “extending the search out to sea”. An underwater search expert has responded to online claims that he is assisting with efforts to find Nicola Bulley due to an "ulterior motive." Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, superintendent Sally Riley of Lancashire Constabulary confirmed “our search of the river and the river banks extends out to the sea”. Mr Faulding has been assisting with searches in the River Wyre, close to where the mother-of-two disappeared on Friday, 27 January. Police were focusing “particularly on the area from Knott End out towards Morecambe”, she said. I have given my life to helping families looking for missing loved ones. “This is what you get for trying to help people. A family friend of missing woman Nicola Bulley has said speculation about the disappearance was hard for the family to take as members of the public are taking selfies in the area, making it feel like a “tourist spot”. Ms Bulley disappeared 12 days ago shortly after dropping her two daughters off at school. The mother-of-two, 45, was last seen on a riverside dog walk in St Michael’s on Wyre on Friday 27 January. A forensic expert leading the underwater search for missing Nicola Bulley has been left “baffled” by “strange” events in the mother’s disappearance. An underwater search expert said the case of missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley is a “complete mystery” after his team failed to find her.

But that line of investigation has been questioned by friends and family. Lancashire Police insist there are no signs of any third-party involvement in her ...

Some people have suggested that she left it there to deal with something, with the aim of coming back to it once it was over. This comes after he noted that had she fallen in the water, her dog Willow – who was found at the scene – would have caused a disturbance. Superintendent Sally Riley, who is leading investigation, described the river as a "complex" area to search. Police are speaking to hundreds who travelled through the town of St Michael’s on Wyre around the time Nicola went missing. Supt Riley said: "We believe Nicola remained in the riverside area." Paul Ansell spent 10 minutes on the riverbank near the bench where Ms Bulley’s phone was found, still connected to a work Teams call. Superintendent Sally Riley says: "Several exits of the riverside area have CCTV covering them or exits are locked and therefore couldn't have been passed through by Nicola. There were images of Nicola shared from her own door bell camera that showed her packing up the car ready for the school run, but there is a lack of CCTV from the towpath area. [Police officers](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/nicola-bulley-search-not-spectator-8124761) say they are working on the theory that the mortgage adviser, who has been described by friends as a strong swimmer, fell into the river. Nicola – known as Nikki – was last seen while walking Willow on Friday, January 27, in the Lancashire village of St Michaels on Wyre. [searches](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/expert-searching-nicola-bulley-says-8119353?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=exchange) of the river and surrounding area have failed to trace Nicola, who was walking her dog after the school run along the River Wyre, Lancashire. The search for the missing 45-year-old has now entered its 13th day, with still no real clues as what has happened, as reported by [WalesOnline](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/nicola-bulley-investigation-six-unanswered-26179861).

The UK has been rocked by the strange disappearance of a mother of two who seemingly vanished without a trace while walking her dog.

“They may mean well, they may want to help. Police said CCTV footage indicates Bulley did not leave the area. Police said at 9.30am, the work call ended — but Bulley was still logged on. But they can help in thinking back if they were in the area to what information they may have of relevance to the police and holding the family in their thoughts,” she said. Police are confident she didn’t leave the area — but they don’t know where she is. Of the 500 “active” pieces of evidence and lines of inquiry amassed by police, “nothing of note” has been found, Riley said.