For almost two weeks, the United Kingdom has lived to the rhythm of the updates published by the Lancashire police, a county located in the center of the country, about the disappearance of a mother.
On January 27, 45-year-old Nicola Bulley went missing while walking her dog along the River Wyre in the town of Saint Michael’s on Wyre. She was last seen at 9:10 am by a passerby, before her cell phone was found at 9:35 am by another passerby, placed on a bench. Not far away was her dog, “agitated.”
He disappeared “within a 10-minute window,” Lancashire police said.
The accident theory
Since then, his itinerary on the day of his disappearance has been carefully mapped out. A family friend shared footage with the BBC showing Nicola Bulley loading the boot of her car before dropping her daughters off at school. She then she would have gone along the river to walk her dog. Mortgage adviser, she had connected at the same time to a professional call on the Teams platform.
For the police, the most probable thesis is that of the accident. “Our main working hypothesis is that Nicola unfortunately fell into the river and that there was no third-party or criminal involvement,” said Sally Riley, head of the police investigation.
A thesis that his relatives do not adhere to, since no footprints or footprints were found along the shore. His sister Louise Cunningham said: “Someone has to know something. People don’t disappear like that.” Her father for her part evoked the thesis of kidnapping.
“An hour later, she disappeared”
This Monday, specialized divers began searching the very meandering river. In addition to the police forces, volunteers, mountain search teams and sniffer dogs were mobilized. In addition, private companies were willing to participate in the research effort, offering their services to researchers. This is the case of the company Specialist Group International, which sent divers to the site.
With the guardiancompany founder Peter Faulding said it could take up to three days to fully excavate the River Wyre.
At the same time, media attention is growing on the case. the tabloid daily mirror headlined the case on Monday, showing the latest available images of the mother-of-one. “An hour later, she disappeared,” the British newspaper wrote.
“Painful” Speculations
But the attention is such that relatives of the family have had to speak publicly to ask Internet users to stop speculating about the disappearance of Nicola Bulley.
“There’s a lot of speculation. It’s human nature. Everyone is going to have their ideas, their opinions… But some theories online are painful to read. I don’t know if people realize that Nicola’s family is sitting at home Who can read all this,” Heather Gibbons, a friend of the missing mother, told the BBC.
For their part, Lancashire police indicated in a post shared on Facebook that certain “abuses” observed on social media were “unacceptable.” “We want to find her and give answers to her family,” they said.
Source: BFM TV
