A body has been found in the search for missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, more than three weeks after she disappeared, Lancashire Police has said.
At 9.33am, another dog walker found her phone on a bench beside the river, with Willow darting between the two. 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”.Ms Bulley’s parents, Ernest and Dot Bulley, spoke to The Mirror about the “horror” they faced over the possibility of never seeing her again.
Ms Bulley’s friends also shared heartfelt appeals via television interviews, including Emma White, who told the BBC that Ms Bulley’s daughters were continually asking where she was.Ms White cast doubt on the police theory that she fell into a river, telling Sky News it was based on “limited information”.
On the same day, Lancashire Police announced it wanted to trace a “key witness” who was seen pushing a pram in the area near where Ms Bulley went missing on the morning of her disappearance.The force insisted she was “very much being treated as a witness” as it warned against “totally unacceptable” speculation and abuse on social media.Peter Faulding, leader of underwater search experts Specialist Group International , began searching the river after being called in by Ms Bulley’s family.