'It does remain our belief that Nicola sadly fell into the river and that this is a missing persons inquiry'
Police have rejected suggestions that missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley could have been a victim of crime.
The officer spoke after suggestions Ms Bulley’s phone, still on a work call and left on a bench overlooking the river, could be a “decoy” and questions being raised about gaps in CCTV coverage of the area where she vanished from. The lead and harness for Willow, her springer spaniel dog, was also left on or close to the bench.
She said: “Our search has not found Nicola in the river and then a re-search in parts by SGI has found the same. That does not mean… that Nicola has not been in the river. The officer asked people, particularly online, not to speculate as to what might have happened as this is “particularly hurtful” to her partner, engineer Paul Ansell, her daughters – aged six and nine – and wider family and friends. She also warned the public not to break into empty or derelict property along the river by trying to help with the search.
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