Found Deceased UK - Nicola Bulley Last Seen Walking Dog Near River - St Michaels on Wyre (Lancashire) #2

[StillDiggin]

#MISSING | Have you seen Nicola Bulley, who has gone missing from home in Inskip?

Nicola, 45, was last seen at around 9.15am today (Friday, January 27th) on the footpath by the river off Garstang Road in St Michael’s on Wyre.

She is described as white, 5ft 3ins tall, with light brown shoulder-length hair. She speaks with an Essex accent.

She was last seen wearing a long black gilet jacket with a hood, black jeans and olive green ankle wellies. Her hair was tied into a ponytail.

Immediately prior to going missing she was walking her dog, described as a brown-coloured Spaniel. Although the dog has since been found close to where we believe Nicola was last seen, we hope this might help jog the memory of anybody who saw her at around the same time and who may have information about where she was going.
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[in2thegate]

Devastated parents promise to never stop looking for mum-of-two who vanished

Nicola Bulley has been missing from her home in Inskip, Lancs, since Friday morning when she was last seen walking her dog WIllow - her parents exclusively told the Mirror of their conversation with her

www.mirror.co.uk

"her parents say there is no evidence of her falling into the river"

 

[SOMETHINGWILLDO]

All very strange. Does anyone know if they've been searching the water yet?

 

[Mo100]

There was a previous drowning in the same river 20 yrs ago although 6 miles away. That body was found half a mile upstream. This Daily Mail article explains.

Friends fear Nicola Bulley may have fallen down 'slippery riverbank'

Police say they remain 'open minded' as to Ms Bulley's disappearance, but insist they don't believe that she was attacked after going missing five days ago by the River Wyre, Lancashire.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Firstsnow4]

Devastated parents promise to never stop looking for mum-of-two who vanished

Nicola Bulley has been missing from her home in Inskip, Lancs, since Friday morning when she was last seen walking her dog WIllow - her parents exclusively told the Mirror of their conversation with her

www.mirror.co.uk

"her parents say there is no evidence of her falling into the river"

Lots of new info in that story. Doesn’t appear she had any MH issues. Interesting comment here:

I asked the Sergeant from Fleetwood a few days ago, 'is there any chance of her being taken' and she said 'I don't think that's the case'.

"I said 'how can you know that?', it's such an isolated area, the only way that has happened is if it was someone who knew her."

Very interesting.

I wonder why they (parents and partner) haven’t done a television appeal for information.

 

[SpursGyal]

All very strange. Does anyone know if they've been searching the water yet?

Yes, they’ve been in the river searching since Friday.

 

[mrjitty]

I feel like it would be hard to drown in the river on a week day morning (i.e no alcohol, tomfoolery etc involved)

But obviously that assessment would change if there was an accident - e.g you faint, slip and bang your head etc

 

[Grouse]

Devastated parents promise to never stop looking for mum-of-two who vanished

Nicola Bulley has been missing from her home in Inskip, Lancs, since Friday morning when she was last seen walking her dog WIllow - her parents exclusively told the Mirror of their conversation with her

www.mirror.co.uk

"her parents say there is no evidence of her falling into the river"

Interesting bit regarding her work and state of mind (BBM)

"Recalling their last conversation, he said: "Her mind was great, we picked the children up the Thursday before she went missing, as we do every Thursday.

"We took them home, Nicola had had a meeting with her boss in Garstang and she said can you stay a bit later because I have an important client coming in on Zoom. We said 'no problem' and stayed.

"She had done her work and she was very upbeat about getting her mortgage sorted."

 

[Blurhf]

Lots of new info in that story. Interesting comment here:

I asked the Sergeant from Fleetwood a few days ago, 'is there any chance of her being taken' and she said 'I don't think that's the case'.

"I said 'how can you know that?', it's such an isolated area, the only way that has happened is if it was someone who knew her."

Very interesting.

I wonder why they (parents and partner) haven’t done a television appeal for information.

From this article, if her parents collected the children on Thursday, as they do every Thursday, then she would not have been doing the school run on Friday, presumably.

 

[Grouse]

From this article, if her parents collected the children on Thursday, as they do every Thursday, then she would not have been doing the school run on Friday, presumably.

I think more likely they collected them and took them to their own (ie. NB's) house until NB got home, rather than sleeping over at grandparents on a school night.

 

[Firstsnow4]

I think more likely they collected them and took them to their own house until NB got home, rather than sleeping over at grandparents on a school night.

Yes I agree it states

‘"I said we better go now and Nicola came to the front door, and I gave her a kiss and told her I loved her and that was the last conversation I had with her.”

So they were obviously at NBs house and left that evening.

Source - Devastated parents promise to never stop looking for mum-of-two who vanished

 

[J-rock]

The interview with her parents certainly makes a MH issue seem more unlikely. NB was happy and in good health, had booked tickets to watch her daughters perform and was planning on a spa trip with her sister. Of course, things can quickly change, but the notion of her self-harming seems a very low probability. JMO.

For me, the speed of response from the police is key in this case. Something must have triggered them to act so immediately. But what? I suspect they are withholding info, and must have good reason for doing so. MOO.

 

[grey345]

The house across the river, <modsnip> seems like a big red flag to me.

If the river is shallow enough to wade across, as seen in some of the photos of the police wading beside boats, could an individual have tempted Nicola across the river, <modsnip> pretending they need help, and then brought her by force through the gate to the property? A previous poster pointed out the access gate is nearly opposite the bench.

You can see from the aerial photos it's a massive house. Apparently "abandoned" but the owner was in to answer the door. Nicola did the same route almost every day.<modsnip - speculating negatively about a person who has not been named a suspect or POI>

 

[sriraaacha]

The house across the river, <modsnip> seems like a big red flag to me.

If the river is shallow enough to wade across, as seen in some of the photos of the police wading beside boats, could an individual have tempted Nicola across the river, <modsnip> pretending they need help, and then brought her by force through the gate to the property? A previous poster pointed out the access gate is nearly opposite the bench.

You can see from the aerial photos it's a massive house. Apparently "abandoned" but the owner was in to answer the door. Nicola did the same route almost every day.<modsnip - speculating negatively about a person who has not been named a suspect or POI>

Yeah I do wonder if the abandoned house has more to do with it than we're thinking. It does all seem a bit suspicious, <modsnip - speculating negatively about a person who has not been named a suspect or POI>

I don't really think she'd go into the water willingly though esp while leaving her phone and dog lead on the bench. It's possible somebody could maybe have dragged her over there tho?

 

[todders]

The house across the river, <modsnip> seems like a big red flag to me.

If the river is shallow enough to wade across, as seen in some of the photos of the police wading beside boats, could an individual have tempted Nicola across the river, <modsnip> pretending they need help, and then brought her by force through the gate to the property? A previous poster pointed out the access gate is nearly opposite the bench.

You can see from the aerial photos it's a massive house. Apparently "abandoned" but the owner was in to answer the door. Nicola did the same route almost every day.<modsnip - speculating negatively about a person who has not been named a suspect or POI>

It is a very interessting theory and one i had discounted due to the vagueness of the reports but i think anything is possible at this time.IMO

 

[Aliceinwonderland1234]

The house across the river, <modsnip> seems like a big red flag to me.

If the river is shallow enough to wade across, as seen in some of the photos of the police wading beside boats, could an individual have tempted Nicola across the river, <modsnip> pretending they need help, and then brought her by force through the gate to the property? A previous poster pointed out the access gate is nearly opposite the bench.

You can see from the aerial photos it's a massive house. Apparently "abandoned" but the owner was in to answer the door. Nicola did the same route almost every day.<modsnip - speculating negatively about a person who has not been named a suspect or POI>

I certainly think the property needs searching now we are aware of a door.
What a horrible thought

 

[Woodburnbay]

From this article, if her parents collected the children on Thursday, as they do every Thursday, then she would not have been doing the school run on Friday, presumably.

Her parents stayed with Children at Nicolas and then went back to their own home after Nicola had an important Zoom call.
Nicola would still take children to school on the Friday morning.

 

[SOMETHINGWILLDO]

I've been reading about this to see what's happening. I can see they're searching the water, that doesn't mean she's not there, we all know how water can work.<modsnip - not victim friendly>

From what i've gathered, she's in a good job and had closed a good deal recently so work shouldn't be an issue but who are we to know.

Is it possible that she lets the dog go for a swim? and that's why the harness was removed? To me, it makes sense if she was sitting on the bench with her phone with the dogs lead and harness beside her while the dog runs in and out of the water?
I can only imagine, for whatever reason, that she ended up in the water - it's a possibility.

The police don't seem to be leaning towards 3rd party involvement and that's the only possibility I can think of in this instance.

5 days is a long time.