newish link ( published yesterday)
A woman living in Oxfordshire, who also shared anti-vaccine misinformation on Facebook, said she was able to “follow every aspect” because she was self-employed. She
was adamant it was an “inside job” involving people close to Bulley after watching videos online, including one, shared thousands of times across different platforms, suggesting Bulley was kidnapped and taken through a nonexistent secret tunnel under the river to a nearby house.
Most of the more vocal speculators are based in other parts of the UK and have never visited the area but there are some who live locally who say they are frustrated at Lancashire constabulary for what they perceive is a lack of thoroughness.
Jamie McCormick, a graphic designer who lives a few miles away in Cleveleys, believes after visiting the scene there is “no evidence” she fell into the river, though he denies he is an armchair detective.
“If this is a case of a woman falling into a river and the police are tired of speculation,
then just release the information that proves she’s in the river,” he said.
Many commenters told the Guardian they believed Peter Faulding, who runs the forensic diving company Specialist Group International, when he said after a day searching the Wyre it was “not feasible” Bulley had fallen in.'
Hundreds of people including online influencers and conspiracists have been arriving at St Michael’s on Wyre
www.theguardian.com
