Exactly. It's absolutely awful not ever knowing what really happened. I can't begin to imagine how difficult the next days, weeks, months and years will be for Nicola's family and close friends.
I do admire the way PA/family/friends refused to give up hope and were stoic in that despite the accusations, completely driven by the desire to protect the girls, even still taking them into school etc…as hard as it was, living with 3 weeks of hope would be better for them all while waiting for what seems to be the inevitable outcome
May have been texting to offer heart-felt sympathy. At least that's what I hope. But, you're right in that even if he had good intentions, when PA volunteered how he was doing, he should have offered empathy--which he might have done--rather than or in addition to him asking if he could report PA's feelings. Seems to cross a line...
Gosh, what an interesting watch that was. Thank you for posting this.
Thanks for posting this. Heart-breaking to see the photo but also helpful to be able to visualize where she was found.“This is the moment a dogwalker pointed out the discovery to officers searching for Nicola Bulley”
Photograph
The body was found on an unremarkable stretch of the river, just past a slight bend, a mile or so outside the village, close to where a tree had fallen on its side half in and half outside the water, with branches and undergrowth partially submerged.
Dogwalker told police that dead person in river 'is a woman'
One of the dogwalkers who found a body in the river near where mother-of-two Nicola Bulley went missing was overheard telling police it was the body of a woman.www.dailymail.co.uk
Explanation on earlier post. It’s time and tested family police press routine. This is the night Mr Ansell needs to pay a short tribute, to appear in tomo paper followed by longer, more poignant family ones in the week. It will all have been organized with prearranged people. These systems have been honed over the years to stop victims being hassled by all the papers at once. IMO, it would have looked bad if Mr Ansell wasn’t given opportunity to express his sorrow at this time. It will be the lead Interest. When a world lead, celeb national treasure dies, they don’t say oh leave out any tribute. We’ll say something some other time. mr Ansell is being awarded the same courtesy.
While no fan of the DM, it's more likely poor editing/proofreading. Someone will have copied the story due to go out in the Monday papers and not have amended the date for the online version.“But two walkers spotted the body of a blonde woman tangled in reeds on Lancashire’s River Wyre before noon yesterday”
Sloppy reporting, as ever, from The Daily Mail.
I've prev stated my full theory about NB tripping when reattaching Willow's harness but I'm holding off on further comments unless there are any shock developments.
A formal identification may not have been released but I imagine the family will have a fairly good picture from the police already. They know what NB was wearing and she has distinctive front teeth that won't have been hard for the police to identify (tentatively) even with a cursory inspection IMO.
I'm grateful that this case, however heartbreaking, has also cast a light on other cases that haven't been given the attention they deserve by the media.
My thoughts are with the family. A truly tragic case. Peace and love to everyone on the thread. I hope to see you in other discussions as we continue to shine our empathy where it's needed.
I know it’s late but what’s the wrong date that will be in tomo paper? Am I missing something?
It's not really of any importance, but I was just commenting.
Ha! Get you! No… the reporter types it up how it will be seen the next day. So will be : the body of a woman believed to be Nicola bulley was found in a river yesterday.
I wouldn’t expect a tribute before formal ID & don’t think it’s a courtesy to contact the family when the police have asked for privacy. I’d expect any official tributes to be issued via the police.
Well, you can read tomo papers now online. Lovely bit from Paul,Ansell. The police pleas for privacy is to do it the way I explained rather than have press tv and foreign press all trying to get something. This organised routine will be carried out as I tried to explain on earlier post.
Papers are up online now. all very well done imo.
<modsnip - not an approved source> For me the telling point is no friend or family member of NB denying it once the details came out. Still query if they should have been shared or if relevant, but no friend immediately went to the press saying: I’ve never known NB have a problem. That would in turn raise questions about whoever had claimed she did. So I do believe NB had a problem. Whether we all needed to know that is another question.
I wondered, too, if all the family were asked for comments on whatever story allegedly someone was trying to sell about Nicola? So they all knew about these threats. Or did one person tell rest of relatives someone was trying to sell a story. And it might not have been about Nikki. Could be an ex with enlightening background on someone in the family. Something they wanted to stamp on quick.
