Missing Woman Nicola Bulley 2

Oh come on its Facebook you see lots of images of what looks like everyone has the perfect life when in facta lot of the time it's not.

Me too!

@TheUsualChaos do we know, with certainty, the dog was tied to a bench? With any more certainty than a man also there at time debating medical emergencies & ‘fishing bait’ luring dog to river’s edge? Does anyone know if he was the elderly man the police appealed for, early on?

It is more common than you would think. My aunt did it but even managed to rebuild a great relationship with the kids she left behind once they were well into adulthood. They also seem to do well in life despite her abandonment and bear no grudges.

Can't believe she'd rather choose walking away by making such a drama to distraught the children and everyone than just being brave and going through a normal separation if she was really unhappy. Also someone's behaviour would have to be affected and appeared a bit strange beforehand, no? Someone should absolutely have picked up some unusual emotions from her. She's not a master manipulator to mask her feelings after all.

Sometimes people walk away from their lives either disoriented or deliberately and set up / hide out else where.

Or take own life - can take months to find someone who may have done this in a hidden / isolated place.

“Plot”?

This isn’t some tacky Netflix drama, it’s somebody’s life

Yes I believe "in old days". But in the modern world, with technology penetrated nearly every corner of the planet, the chances of not being found is very slim unless you don't want to have a normal life.

Sorry, for bad wording. Not my native language. Badly chosen word. Apologies 😔

If she had someone waiting to pick her up then perhaps she knew where there would be no CCTV? I don't know I know it's a long river she could have walked however far and jumped in a car?

Doing a ‘canoe man’ &/or trying to achieve a ‘new life’ is almost impossible in practice.

Most will fall at first hurdle & will be discovered almost immediately.

Maybe she diddnt think it would cause this much drama?

when people go missing, family and police statements often say that this is out of character for the missing person and they'd never be out of touch with family. Sometimes mental health issues might be mentioned too, ie. he/she is vulnerable. In this case, the statements were very general and didn't mention Nicola's state of mind or whether this was out of character.

I don't know if the surveillance equipment is working as well as you would think. They still haven't tracked down Constance Marten even though they have spotted her on cctv in heavily built up parts of London with her partner and baby and even have footage of her shopping at Argos. It has been at least a month.

It's possible. Honestly, I don't know what would have been the best result. A quick closure would be finding her in the river, but that may not be what her family really want. They want her alive and safe, no matter where she is...

I've just looked back on some of the BBC articles and they've said the dog was found loose off Garstang road. On the map, there is Allotment Lane which connect the walk she was on to the road. I don't know what to think now but probably the dog was simply looking for her along routes it is familiar with.

Though if she was to have trekked across fields, the sniffer dogs would have picked something up. None of this makes sense does it.

If you believe she's 'walked away' then you have to believe she's deliberately set up circumstances to make it appear to her family that she's drowned. Would any mother do that to her young daughters? I don't think so.

Agree. No way she'd have planned so well to leave no trace...

I wonder if her relationship was going through a rough patch. Her partner mentions their daughters missing her and loving her but he does not say it about himself.

@DingDonkey It could have potentially been embarrassing for the police given the claims Peter was making about finding Nicola very quickly if she was in the water. This was all over SM last night and I can see their point but surely getting answers as quickly as possible now is the most important thing after 10 days.

@rosesarentalwaysred125 you’re correct. The partner’s statements mention his girls a lot & her name, ‘Nikki’ and ‘love’ too not mentioned I observe. Not that I am suggesting he’s culpable but this may somehow connect to your supposition.

But perhaps she wasn't thinking they would think she'd gone in the river perhaps it is a case of I will leave my phone here and that way nobody will be able to contact me.

With Constance , I suspect there's a large element is the people around where they are don't be bothered enough to report. It's not a black and white case to lots of people, even if they care.

I wonder what's going to happen if she is not found today then?