In an update on the
twelfth day since the dog walker’s disappearance,
Lancashire Police superintendent Sally Riley said members of the public “taking the law into their own hands” were not helping, notably those burgling and trespassing in their attempts.
Supt Riley also urged people to
stop speculating over what may have happened to Ms Bulley, warning they were frustrating the police investigation and distressing affected family members.
Despite opening 500 lines of inquiry and contacting 700 drivers who were in the area when Ms Bulley was last seen on 27 January, police said they had “so far not found anything of note”.
She was speaking after Peter Faulding, head of a private company employed to search the river, said if Ms Bulley were not found today he would suspect a “third party” was involved in her disappearance.
Supt Riley said officers still believe Ms Bulley fell into the river and Mr Faulding is not privy to all police knowledge.
Lancashire Police say members of public searching St Michael’s on Wyre not helping
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Peter Faulding, founder of
Specialist Group International who are helping the
police search admitted the complicated case has left him "baffled".
He told TalkTV: "After 25 years of doing this kind of work, after hundreds of cases, I am well and truly baffled.
"Normally you would expect the divers to find them easily. When people drown they generally go down where they are. We normally find them within five to ten metres of where they went down."
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