Missing Woman Nicola Bulley 6

[ofwarren]

These threads are to discuss the disappearance of Nicola Bulley from St Michael's on Wyre.

No speculation without evidence please.

Here are some frequently asked questions, with answers:

1.Where do Nicola and her husband work?

They both work from home which is why he was at home on the day she went missing.

2.Where was the dog harness found / the phone?

Dog harness was found near the river edge not the bench, phone was on on/near the bench.

1. Has the river been searched?

Yes by the police and volunteers from the Specialist Search team

1. Had the dog been in the water, and maybe Ms Bulley went in after her?

Willow appeared distressed but ‘bone dry’, according to the woman who found her. There was no sign of her having gone in the river.

1. Why would she leave her phone on the bench?

Nicola’s phone was found on the bench, still connected to a conference call. So whatever happened, there was no time to end the call or to alert others on the call.

1. Why was she on mute with no video for her business meeting?

This was not unusual, She used to go on work meeting calls with video off and microphone

1. Where was her partner while she was out walking their dog?

He was at home at the time.

1. What about this abandoned house?

Its not abandoned. Its owned by a lovely family who have lived in the village for generations and would do anything they can to help in the search for Nikki.
It has been searched, inside and outside, from top to bottom by the police. This has been clarified with the family themselves and also with the police.
They have never refused entry to the police or told them they need a warrant to search.

1. Did Nicola have a dog ball with her?

No she didn’t she used to but stopped taking a dog ball on walks.

10. Was she swept out to sea?

The police Seargent has said it’s now a possibility Nicola’s body could have drifted out to sea.

11. We’re CCTV cameras working in the area:

The CCTV camera which would have captured everything unfortunately wasn’t working. But the police are actively working to identify 700 motorists travelling in the Garstang Road area on the 27TH of January.

12. Are there any other paths she could have gone down?

Apart from the river, there are only three exits, two of which are covered by CCTV. On her way in, she was seen by several people. No one saw her leave.

Finding a body would give them a chance to properly grieve and lay her to rest and then continue their lives without the constant churning that she could be held captive etc.

Closure is a painful thing but better than living in limbo.

It’s an example of when an investigation focuses on one line of enquiry to the exclusion of everything else and that turned out to be wrong.

Why didn’t the police use this as an opportunity to make an appeal.

why didn’t they do an appeal with Paul

why weren’t they appealing this morning on the roadside rather than her friends

Please can someone make a new thread?

There's a lot that doesn't make sense in this case. Although I have previously discounted a long game by the police, now I am not so sure. the police and PA certainly are not close, that's for sure.

Well maybe. My point was that we can't expect him to be in the slightest bit rational about it. I wouldn't expect to be rational in his position.

When my ex and I were together I’d have thought it really odd if he was ringing or WhatsApping me to find out why I was out with the dog for 20-30 minutes longer than usual. Maybe if he was home, I usually got back around 10.00 and I wasn’t back by lunchtime, maybe then he’d have texted to check all was ok and I hadn’t had an accident.

Yes- but the burning question is why are they so focused on this case?

None of us will know until this is resolved- but I just find it very odd that PA wouldnt have been briefed, stopping this media frenzy in its tracks

There is something odd about this programme too. I don't think anybody has ever had a programme like this done about then before? Have the police asked C5 to do it?

I'm just getting a very weird feeling about the whole thing. Or I've entirely lost the plot and gone completely tinfoil hat. It could well be that!

@ofwarren will do it I think - she's got the FAQs for the first post. 😂

Your right- I cant recall anything like it before

@ofwarren New thread please

I dunno, the McCanns did interviews 2 weeks after Maddie went missing. Not that I am drawing parallels at all with that case!!

@TokyoSushi It’s really quite strange

did he say that he had put kids and dog in car whilst she was getting ready to leave ? But the doorbell footage shows her putting the dog in car boot?

He seems perfectly rational to me.

Maybe because he put then in the car, then Nicola went to the car to shut the boot and do the school run

Yes he did say that. He also said that he had just sat down to work, and then started putting his gym stuff on to go and find her. I'm not sure what that was about?

I think it’s a reflection of the police management of the case. It’s not that they’re not working hard - but PA clearly doesn’t have faith in their fixation with the river.

Wait what? he didnb't know she was missing till 10.50.... What time did he start working then? Late?

This doesn't add up, sorry.

Anybody in his position is likely not to be entirely rational, despite appearances. That's obvious isn't it?

Yes because his work is 6 hours behind - he works for a US firm.

Have the police perhaps instigated this documentary?

People can be stressed and rational at the same time.

That stood out to me straight away, given that’s the only footage the public have seen of Nicola on the day she disappeared