MISSING NICOLA… NEW TWIST: ‘Normally when a person drowns and are left a couple of days, they don’t move far… this is not a fast tidal river.’
People across the country have been shocked by the disappearance of Nicola Bulley who vanished while walking her dog over a week ago.
The mum of two was last seen a week ago walking next to the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire which is about a 2.5 hour drive from Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
Lancashire Police believe she may have fallen in the river but Nicola’s sister has rubbished the official statement and also questioned the evidence so far.
A top forensic expert has also come forward and said he doesn’t agree with police claims that Nicola Bulley fell into the River Wyre.
Now, speaking to GB News, world renowned forensics expert Peter Faulding said:
“I’ve worked on hundreds of these cases, as we deal with them for the police across the whole of the southeast. We’re the official dive team for the police across the southeast.
“The amount of searching that’s gone on in this river, I would have thought she would have been found by now.
“Normally when a person drowns, if they are left a number of days they don’t move very far. This is not a fast tidal river. So I would have expected her to be found by the police divers by now.
“Apparently sonar has been used, but that’s only as good as the equipment or the operator using them. We could have scanned this river with our equipment within the day and seen if there was a body there. It’s as clear as that. And you know, none of this rings right to me. My belief is she’s not in not in the river at all.”
He continued:
“I personally think this phone could be a decoy. We dealt with a drowning a couple of years ago where a gentleman went into a river and Ripley, his dog, was screaming by the riverbank when we got there. When we arrived it was howling, and literally pointing exactly where he was. He stayed with his owner.
“The phone on the bench, I mean, you have to ask, normally someone would have a phone in their hand especially if they were walking around.
“Even the clothing feels odd, no one spoke about how deep the water is actually at the bottom of the bank where it went in. I’ve heard rumours it’s 18 inches deep at the edge. I mean, the clothing she was wearing was not woolly clothing that absorbs water quickly.
“She seems a very fit person. Why were there no screams? Why were there no marks?
“What I am also surprised about is that the area hasn’t been sealed off as a crime scene or for forensics.
“People have been walking past the bench. There’s no police tape up. This would normally be sealed off as a crime scene so potentially crime scene investigators can go in and see if there are any microfibres, evidence, slip marks down the bank etc and I don’t believe that has actually happened here.”
The public has been asked to get in touch if they happened to be in the area on Friday 27th January as they could hold valuable information and Dashcam footage. People are also being asked to look out for the clothing of the missing mum which include 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.
Photo credits: Nicole Bulley’s family / Lancashire Police
