The expert diver leading the search for missing Nicola Bulley has dramatically called it off to declare she is not in the water – as he branded the case ‘baffling’ and said he did not know if the mother-of-two was still alive.
It comes just hours after police admitted Nicola could have left the area when she vanished during a dog walk in St. Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, 12 days ago – and after her partner this morning visited the spot where she was last seen.
While police still maintain that she most likely fell into the River Wyre, superintendent Sally Riley, of Lancashire Police, said last night that it remained a ‘possibility’ that the 45-year-old left the area by one path not covered by CCTV cameras – but added that ‘every single’ suspicion or criminal suggestion had so far been discounted.
The path in question is crossed by the main road through the village of St. Michael’s on Wyre, and officers are scrambling to trace dashcam footage from 700 drivers who passed along the…
