According to detectives, Nicola Bulley was designated as a “high-risk” missing person due to a “series of unique vulnerabilities.”
Rebecca Smith, detective superintendent with the Lancashire Police, stated at a press briefing, “that is typical for a missing person given the information we have.”
Paul Ansell, who is Nicola’s partner, informed the police about these weaknesses, according to the authorities.
It is still the “primary working hypothesis” that Nicola Bulley fell into the River Wyre before her disappearance, she added, adding that police are maintaining an open mind on the loss of the mother of two.
Peter Lawson, assistant chief of the Lancashire Police, stated that there is “no indication of a criminal aspect or third-party involvement.”
He stated that detectives are examining hundreds of hours of CCTV and dashcam material.
On Friday, January 27, 45-year-old Ms. Bulley was observed walking Willow along the River Wyre.
Ms. Bulley, 45, was last seen walking her dog Willow along a walkway beside the River Wyre on Friday, January 27.
The police have interviewed several witnesses who saw Ms. Bulley before her disappearance as part of their inquiry.
A week and a half after her last sighting, the police stated that they were examining 500 pieces of “active information” in the search.
Officers maintain an open mind but are pursuing the idea that she fell into the River Wyre.
They investigated a crucial 10-minute period from 9:10 to 9:20 a.m.
However, her colleague Paul Ansell questioned the prudence of centering the search on the river and stated. “I am 100 percent confident that it is not the river.”
Mr. Ansell feels that “something happened” the day his colleague vanished.
Two weeks after the day she vanished, he told 5 News. “There must be a way to discover what occurred, there must. You cannot… you cannot simply vanish into thin air while walking your dog down a river.”
Police and an independent underwater rescue team have been unable to locate the mortgage consultant, leaving her family in “unprecedented anguish” as they await answers.
A spokesperson of the St. Michael’s Angling Association has characterized the river that winds through the countryside on the outskirts of St. Michael’s on Wyre as “notoriously treacherous” at this time of year.
The Times reported that the water depth and intense cold made it dangerous.
On a tree near the bench where Ms. Bulley’s phone was discovered is a notice that reads “Danger, deep water.”
Large boulders can be seen protruding from the river. Which appears calm below the bench where Ms. Bulley’s phone was discovered.
Superintendent Sally Riley informed reporters, following the disappearance of Ms. Bulley. “At the location where the bench is placed, there is a moderately steep descent to the river. It is steep.
Therefore, while I won’t guess what may have occurred, our working hypothesis is that she accidentally into the water.
She went on: “It is possible that the dog was loose and off the leash, and there may have been a problem with the dog that led Nicola to go to the water’s edge. I do not wish to speculate, as we do not know. But anything may have happened with the dog to cause Nicola to go.
“She places the phone down temporarily, and Nicola may have fallen in. That is a potential, “Officer Riley added.
