Police vow to bring missing Nicola Bulley home and urge search teams to scour river bank for clothes

Arabnews24.ca:Friday 3 February 2023 09:33 PM: Police searching for missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley have vowed to "bring her home" as they called on members of the public to keep a look out for sightings of her clothes.

Officers believe the 45-year-old "sadly" fell into the River Wyre while she was walking her dog last Friday morning.

Search teams from Lancashire Constabulary are continuing to trawl the waterway near St Michael's.

They are being helped by specialists and divers from HM Coastguard, mountain rescue, and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service - with sniffer dogs, drones, and police helicopters also being used.

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A timeline of Ms Bulley's movements in the hour before she vanished
Nicola's partner 'staying as strong as he can'
Missing woman's friends hope for 'lightbulb moment'

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Lancashire Police - Supt Sally Riley 0:57
'We believe Nicola sadly fell into river'

Meanwhile, they have urged the public to look out along the river for the items of clothing that Ms Bulley was last seen wearing.

This includes an ankle-length black quilted gilet jacket, a black Engelbert Strauss waist-length coat, tight-fitting black jeans, long green walking socks, ankle-length green Next wellies, a necklace and a pale blue Fitbit.

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Nicola Bulley disappeared near the River Wyre 2:03
Retracing Nicola Bulley's journey

Detectives are also analysing CCTV and dashcam videos, and members of the public with footage which could be useful have been urged to come forward.

Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Superintendent Sally Riley said there may have been an "issue with the dog that led her to the water's edge, she puts her phone down to go and deal with the dog momentarily, and Nicola may have fallen in".

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Police have speculated that Nicola Bulley had an issue with her dog, Willow.
Image: Police have speculated that Nicola Bulley had an issue with her dog, Willow.

However, Ms Bulley's partner Paul Ansell, 44, said he would "never lose hope" of finding her.

"We're never, ever going to lose hope, of course we're not, but it is as though she has vanished into thin air. It's just insane," he said.

The 44-year-old said his "whole focus is my two girls" and that he was "hoping to goodness" that people would come forward with new information.

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