So sad, but long-term, so much better than not knowing. For those of us who have been here a long time, this is a VERY familiar scenario where a body will be found in a place that everyone insists has been thoroughly searched. Especially in water, searches are very imperfect.
Now the looneytunes will turn to criticising police for not finding Nicola quicker and making up theories of how she was "moved there" after something else happened. Police need to learn to screen the nonsense out and learn how to use the good side of social media. Even MSM attacked them for releasing relevant information about Nicola and her possible mental state/vulnerability. This has always been done with missing people, though I think it should have been done in a less detailed way ie something like "personal/medical difficulties" and right at the beginning of when she went missing. People can sympathize with this, they are very common.
I'll be honest, when I first saw this case and Nicola's age, the very first thing I thought of was, I wonder if she's having a difficult perimenopause? It can be a very difficult process for some women and can cause serious depression which needs medical intervention. There may have been a good reason to stop HRT but she should have been carefully monitored for withdrawal effects. The police incident suggests something fairly drastic was happening with her mental health and perhaps she needed a short inpatient stay to give her breathing space and some medical support.
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