Missing woman

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BBC News - Nicola Bulley: Partner describes perpetual hell over missing mum
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-64450243

Just been reading about this. How awful for her partner and children. Really hope she is found soon

School rings her partner to say ‘we have your dog’ partner calls police (before going to collect dog / look for partner) and police turn up at 10:30am to search for her?

I think people would wait longer than an hour to call the police. The dog could have run off and she was looking for the dog. My dog has run all the way home DH missing looking for dog. I wouldn't have called the police immediately worried that my partner was in danger. Although leaving the phone, collar and Keys is the significant part of the timeline

If they’re searching a house as someone said up-thread then it seems clear that they’re at the very least not considering this as an accident.

The police aren't searching a house. A volunteer search group came across the house and asked the house owner to look inside to see if she was there. There's no suggestion that's an official line of enquiry.

Is it possible her partner / mother was tracking her, which led them to find the phone?

@itsnote it’s quite a distance from Blackpool. I’m fairly local and I definitely wouldn’t describe it as ‘just down the road’

Her mother was tracking her? What? You're just making things up now.

They walked the dog along the same route after the school run most days. Would hardly take Sherlock Holmes to find her phone once the school had called to say the dog had been handed in to them.

I'm local and I would describe it as just down the road. In fact it's the road I take every time I go to Blackpool

@Eatentoomanyroses

It's quicker than the motorway 🤷🏽‍♀️ how 20 mins isn't "just down the road" I'll never know. Doubt it's relevant anyway but the amount of misinformation on this thread, some of it by, allegedly, local people is astonishing.

It seems strange the owner was at the abandoned house during the search. On the other hand though maybe he/she was there doing maintenance, may go there periodically for all we know.

I wonder if this lady could have sat down on the bench while listening to the work call, and watching her dog at the same time (maybe throwing a stick for it to fetch whilst there). Then I wonder if the dog has ran too close to the edge and that she mayve quickly threw the stuff down on the bench, and then ran after her dog, only to slip into the ravine. It looked really muddy and slippy on the photo so could be hard to get out if clawing with your hands to get a grip. I'm unsure what the current was like on the day. It is utterly tragic, praying they find this poor lady soon; the poor family. I cannot imagine what they must be going through. 🙏

It could be that someone found the collar, house keys and phone. They then attached the keys to the collar and called the police to let them know their concerns. They then left them on the bench for the police? So then the phone etc was picked up elsewhere?

And anyway, as far as I'm aware the person who found the dog also found the phone etc which is why the police were immediately concerned. The dog was still there by the bench, apparently dry.

'It could be that someone found the collar, house keys and phone. They then attached the keys to the collar and called the police to let them know their concerns. They then left them on the bench for the police? So then the phone etc was picked up elsewhere?'

If this was the case the police would have known though surely. They have interviewed anybody in the area, key witness etc.

@itsnote the point I was making was that it’s not awash with criminals and druggies. Blackpool is a very different place to St Michaels on Wyre and I wouldn’t describe 22 minutes in car as just down the road

So did someone find the dog and walk it to the school who then rang the partner who rang the police who went there immediately and the police found the phone and collar….

Or

Did someone find the dog, phone and collar and call the police directly who then came immediately?

Ok. Well 11 miles is just down the road and St Michaels is on a main road that many criminals and non criminals alike will pass through on their way to Blackpool. It's a very busy road. I was responding to a pp who thought it was a posh place in the middle of nowhere which it really isn't. It's nice and it's rural, but very close to big, rough towns such as Blackpool and Preston and is often a major thoroughfare for lorries, trucks and other general motorway traffic when the m6 is closed.

"I know you can get weirdos anywhere but isn’t it quite a posh area there? Not exactly awash with criminal types"
It's on a main road to Blackpool just down the road.
"It's very long dog walk to do by yourself."
Eh? About half an hour if that
"Lots of my dog walking clothes don’t have pockets (active wear) so putting the keys on the collar isn’t that strange."
That's nice. But not what she was wearing.

This is why the whole thread is terrible. People are coming out with theories that they have no clue about, especially people who don't even know the area. Posters are saying things like 'Well I don't know anyone that does ...(whatever) This doesn't mean that no one does it!
The opening posts sound almost indignant that they didn't know anything about the case.
It was reported by our local police force initially and then circulated widely.

This thread is the internet equivalent of 'Ada and Cissy', people just gossiping and making their own narrative up. eg, ''I wonder if she did this, then that happened and then..........'' Also comments like 'What I don't understand is.........' So what? It is not for anyone who is not involved to understand anything. Professionals that are trained in missing person cases are dealing with it.

Do people honestly think that the police and search parties haven't already thought and asked questions people are posting?
The general public are given information that they need to know and that should be fine with everyone.

I'm relatively local and I read that she left the car on the school car park which is only a short walk from where the bench is. The bench is the start of your dog walk coming in at the side she would have accessed.

@ofwarren no it's not. She walked up Blackpool lane over the bridge and onto the towpath where she was last seen. From there you cross the big field and get to the bench where her phone, the lead and harness were found.

It's the same route she took every morning.

The bench is where I've put the red cross is it not?
When I used to live there, I'd take my dog down the entrance next to the grapes and walk down the side of the river to the bench. That would be the start of my walk because you can walk for ages following the river from there.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/missing-nicola-bulleys-parents-share-29104874

Her poor parents have spoken out for the first time to the media.

I understand that, but there are always fools who openly state it’s the partner with no evidence or knowledge of the actual facts.

I feel like this should be bigger news, anyone who I’ve mentioned it to today hasn’t heard anything about it.

I can’t stop thinking about her. I went on her Facebook and she seems like such a genuinely lovely person. She posted a while ago asking who owned the sheep beside the river as three of them were stuck on an island and couldn’t get back to the side. What a nice thing to do.

I think the best possible outcome here is she was just needing some time away and she comes forward to say she’s safe but it does seem like she’s someone who cares for her dog and wouldn’t have left it willingly 😔

Yes that's where the bench is. Halfway along her usual route and after the towpath where she was last seen.

It isn't the start of her walk, she didn't follow the river for miles. It's halfway. Her morning walk generally took 30-45 minutes in total.

The bench is at a steep slope down to the river. It was low tide at that time though and the search did begin very quickly which could give some hope.

I just don't understand how they are ruling out foul play. They are saying there are no slip marks and from what her family are saying, it doesn't sound like someone who would harm themselves.

Interestingly the article says there's no evidence of a slip or a fall into the river

@ImprobablePuffin the article says no evidence of a fall into the river but also they don’t think someone’s taken her.. so how can someone just vanish into thin air? They must have more information they’re not sharing. It also says it was the person who found the dog who called police but another article had said they called the school and it was her husband who called police