Found Deceased UK - Nicola Bulley Last Seen Walking Dog Near River - St Michaels on Wyre (Lancashire) #9

[hedgetog]

Has there been much discussion on bins and bin collections?

A wheelie bin would be a way that a body or alive person could be moved to another location without much suspicion. Nicola is only 5 ft 3, so a possibility. They could then be moved elsewhere in a vehicle.

Were there any wheelie bins placed in easily accessible locations to the field and bench area?

Nicola went missing on a Friday so its unlikely bins were collected before the Monday (unless there was a Friday collection after 9am). Did searches of properties and gardens take place before routine bin collections and/or were bin collections in the immediate vicinity stopped?

I don't think there has, hopefully been considered for items if nothing else. Looks like the area is covered by Wyre Council, got confused by the calendar though to be honest:

Find out your bin collection day – Wyre Council

bin day, bin, bins, red bin, green bin, blue bin, grey bin, dates, bin dates, bin day, collection date, collection day

www.wyre.gov.uk

 

[factorfiction77]

I agree with you that I hope the family ger closure soon.

But I don't agree the case is 'crazy'. IMO Nicola fell in, drowned and was washed out to the estuary probably within a few days.

I understand what you are saying as I thought the same until you throw an experts opinion in there which has got to add some doubt to that theory IMO he’s not going to put his career on the line by doubting publicly that theory MOO

 

[Nikynoo]

Indeed it is. Even walking away would likely involve a third party, otherwise how would she remove herself from the immediate area?
Given the involvement of the NCA, it did cross my mind that one possibility might be her removal to a safe house for some reason

I do love tabloid descriptions..A suspicious looking van. What made it suspicious, did it have shifty looking headlights?

who are the NCA?

 

[Furore]

There are thousands of 'van lifers' in the UK. Very plausible IMO

There was a documentary on this in Bristol especially in the past few years - where rent has become out of control, and over Covid, van living and van to accomodation conversions sky rocketed.

 

[Just-a-random-girl]

I don't think there has, hopefully been considered for items if nothing else. Looks like the area is covered by Wyre Council, got confused by the calendar though to be honest:

Find out your bin collection day – Wyre Council

bin day, bin, bins, red bin, green bin, blue bin, grey bin, dates, bin dates, bin day, collection date, collection day

www.wyre.gov.uk

Yeah, me too. I also checked the calendar before posting, using postcodes from around Allotment Lane, and there seem to be a few different bin collection days and couldn't work out which bins.

The nearby businesses may also have separate private contracts for waste collection.

 

[infinit]

who are the NCA?

National Crime Agency. Think it's a bit of non-starter tbh, diving can be dangerous and you can move people to safe houses quietly even if they work for MI5/MI6 without risking divers lives in the process.

JMO.

 

[karakuchi]

thought she left her car in the school car park? Not sure if this has been verified by LE? So MOO

IMO I think this has been assumed by the MSM
Police report has always been along the lines of 'after dropping her kids at school'
It's a fair assumption as we know she drove, but parking at the school looks limited, and it's possible she parked on the street.

Or it could be somewhere else entirely.
But a witness did see her at the school.

Lanc Police reports here: (do we really have to post this each time?)

Lancashire Constabulary - Search continues for Nicola Bulley as potential new witness is sought

The latest news and information for Lancashire Constabulary

lancashire.police.uk

 

[zellner]

Hello,first time poster long time lurker..I've not seen this mentioned anywhere but then I've not read the full threads but <modsnip - no link from an approved source>...MO but what is she was pregnant had morning sickness and rushed to the edge to vomit then got dizzy and fell in I always used to sway a bit after morning sickness and had to hold onto something for a few seconds untill it passed.I hope I have not violated any rules in posting this.

Yes, I had posted something similar the other day but thoughts were that NB would be a bit old for pregnancy. In general though, any private health issue that the public is not aware of… eg epilepsy, diabetic, medication… may have a bearing on the likelihood of an accidental fall into the river.

 

[Night Shift]

I understand what you are saying as I thought the same until you throw an experts opinion in there which has got to add some doubt to that theory IMO he’s not going to put his career on the line by doubting publicly that theory MOO

Peter Faulding actually changed his mind about and later said it was possible Nicola could have been washed further downstream.

I'm not an expert as such but have spent about 40 years around tidal rivers in the UK. I still maintain she was probably washed into the estuary within a few days of her falling in (as I believe she did). We shall see. I just hope the family get closure soon.

 

[Furore]

With respect to the camera being broken, naturally the only exit that can’t be ruled out is that one, purely because it’s broken, so I don’t find it suspicious that “the only exit not excluded” is the one with broken CCTV.

But then again MOO overall is she’s in the river.

 

[factorfiction77]

I agree with you that I hope the family ger closure soon.

But I don't agree the case is 'crazy'. IMO Nicola fell in, drowned and was washed out to the estuary probably within a few days.

 

[pineapple23]

who are the NCA?

National Crime Agency presumably.

 

[factorfiction77]

Peter Faulding actually changed his mind about and later said it was possible Nicola could have been washed further downstream.

I'm not an expert as such but have spent about 40 years around tidal rivers in the UK. I still maintain she was probably washed into the estuary within a few days of her falling in (as I believe she did). We shall see. I just hope the family get closure soon.

I understand your point and to be honest it would be the most plausible scenario.. I live near a tidal river and there have been many cases over the years but I don’t know enough about them so was interested in hearing what he had to say .. but yes I did hear he changed his stance somewhat.. I really hope the family get closure and nothing sinister has happened …

 

[Meesh1772]

Not sure how they knew it was still logged in to a call (unless this is an after the event / summary comment) as it was said the phone was locked and on a screensaver but she didn’t recognise that either … so at what point and who unlocked the phone to discover it was still logged in to a call is another question …

Absolutely agree!! ( I tried to say the same kind of thing on a previous thread - but you have said it exactly how I should’ve )

 

[kev4pe]

Doesn't Peter Faulding have a red van!. Joking of course. He does have a red van but it's not tatty

 

[Lindengracht]

This must have been discussed before, as so many things are, but I couldn't find it. I am really wondering if it is even possible for a body to pass the weir, maybe 200 yards downstream from the bench, in the rather sluggish river that is the Wyre?

 

[Night Shift]

Just as a kind of general observation, and one where maybe we can step back and look again at the bigger picture.

We have to remember that as of right now, the police are (correctly) treating this as a missing person investigation and not as a criminal investigation. They are two very different things and will result in the police taking quite different courses of action.

 

[Allabouttrial]

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According to the Times, a 55-year-old witness reported a red van to police on the day Nicola disappeared and again on February 2.

The woman, who asked not to be named, told the paper: 'I was on my way to the cake shop when I saw a tatty red van in Hall Lane outside a barn.

'I didn't think anything at the time, but when I saw Nicola had gone missing, I called 101 and spoke to an operator. I contacted the police again and spoke to a police officer.

'It could have been a Renault van. It was the sort of van you can live in.'

A Lancashire Police spokesperson would not comment on the report, but said: 'We have received a huge amount of information into the enquiry, all of which is being looked at, and we are extremely grateful to everyone who has assisted our investigation so far.'

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Nicola Bulley search moves to the SEA as police trawl Morecambe Bay

The 45-year-old vanished while walking her dog in St. Michael's on Wyre in Lanchashire at around 9.20am on January 27.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[jackal67]

We should bear in mind that just because the person who reported the van hasn't heard back from police, doesn't mean that the van hasn't been discreetly investigated and ruled out and that may be why it hasn't been mentioned before.

Why did the person who reported the van feel the need to contact the papers?

 

[Davieson]

who are the NCA?

National Crime Agency sometimes referred to as British FBI. Deals mainly with organised crime, mainly of a financial nature.