Twistinginthewind
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If there is an item LE is searching for in the river (all these months later) that the coroner wants collected that is related to Nicola's death and her body being found in the reeds right near where they are searching (about the 1 mile mark downstream from the bench, IIRC), it might be something that could have snagged or gotten lodged below the surface (and stayed there), like one or both of her Wellington boots.
A rubber boot is a relatively lightweight item that could also act as a vessel and fill up with water, and the weight of the water might keep it from moving along with the current.
Otherwise, literally everything else she may have had on her person would be lightweight enough, imo, to have floated downstream or be so small as to be difficult to impossible find, and months later with currents always pushing things downstream.
Unless she had a Fitbit watch or similar, and LE has been able to retrieve data without it (e.g., from Fitbit) that shows it going off at that locale, before which data says one thing about her heartrate, etc. In the Mollie Tibbets disappearance case, LE knew from her Fitbit data that she had an increase in her heart rate before it went silent, and approximately where she was at the time IIRC.
Another possibility if they're not looking for an item, per se, for example, is if she had any damage to her body -- beyond from drowning and being in the river or onshore in the reeds for 3 weeks before she was found -- maybe they are trying to confirm if it could have happened as she went over the weir, like bumps or bruises or cracks to bones. Hence the diver seen in the video floating on his back -- did he feel any bumps to his body (assuming he wore protective padding to keep from getting injured) as he floated over that portion of the weir.
Of course, it is all speculation on my part, but I'm hopeful it's something like this, and not something more gruesome.
I kind of doubt they are looking for any small personal items that they don't want to possibly be found by the public, but for all we know anything at all possibly missing from her person may be sought after by a number of parties (LE, family, collectors).
MOO
A rubber boot is a relatively lightweight item that could also act as a vessel and fill up with water, and the weight of the water might keep it from moving along with the current.
Otherwise, literally everything else she may have had on her person would be lightweight enough, imo, to have floated downstream or be so small as to be difficult to impossible find, and months later with currents always pushing things downstream.
Unless she had a Fitbit watch or similar, and LE has been able to retrieve data without it (e.g., from Fitbit) that shows it going off at that locale, before which data says one thing about her heartrate, etc. In the Mollie Tibbets disappearance case, LE knew from her Fitbit data that she had an increase in her heart rate before it went silent, and approximately where she was at the time IIRC.
Another possibility if they're not looking for an item, per se, for example, is if she had any damage to her body -- beyond from drowning and being in the river or onshore in the reeds for 3 weeks before she was found -- maybe they are trying to confirm if it could have happened as she went over the weir, like bumps or bruises or cracks to bones. Hence the diver seen in the video floating on his back -- did he feel any bumps to his body (assuming he wore protective padding to keep from getting injured) as he floated over that portion of the weir.
Of course, it is all speculation on my part, but I'm hopeful it's something like this, and not something more gruesome.
I kind of doubt they are looking for any small personal items that they don't want to possibly be found by the public, but for all we know anything at all possibly missing from her person may be sought after by a number of parties (LE, family, collectors).
MOO
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