Nicola Bulley’s friend releases pictures of 45-year-old mum on day she disappeared

Nicola Bulley’s friend has released new pictures of the 45-year-old on the day she disappeared.

The mum of two went missing while taking her dog on a walk last week and has not been seen since.

Police believe she went missing during “a 10-minute window” and could have fallen into the River Wyre.

The last known sighting of her was at 9:10am when another dog walker spotted her.
Emma White

She had logged into a Teams call at 9:01am which ended at 9:30am, her phone was found on a bench at 9:35am.

The last known sighting of her was at 9:10am when another dog walker spotted her.

The CCTV images, supplied by Nicola’s friend Emma White show Nicola opening her car boot outside her home on the 27th January moments before driving her two daughters to school.

She is wearing a long dark coat, leggings and ankle boots with her hair tied in a ponytail.

After parking up she went to walk their dog and has not been seen since.

Superintendent Sally Riley of Lancashire Police provided the public with an update on Friday in the ongoing search for Nicola.

The police said their “main working hypothesis” is that Nicola fell into the River Wyre and insisted “this is not suspicious but a tragic case of a missing person”.

Police have been searching the last known route Nicola took.
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She said: “The inquiry team has undertaken a number of dashcam, CCTV and ring doorbell footage. This has allowed us to eliminate any trace so far of Nicola having left the riverside, which is really important.

“We believe that Nicola was in the riverside area and remained at the riverside area. We remain open to any inquiries that might lead us to question that, but at this time we understand that she was by the river.

“Our main working hypothesis therefore is that Nicola has sadly fallen into the river, that there is no third party or criminal involvement and that this is not suspicious, but a tragic case of a missing person.