Forensic search and rescue expert says his team should be able to prove or disprove police theory missing woman fell into river
A private company is assisting the police free of charge, and has drafted in a team of six divers to help with the search effort.A private company is assisting the police free of charge, and has drafted in a team of six divers to help with the search effort.A leading forensic search expert who has joined the search for Nicola Bulley has said it could take up to three days to conduct a thorough search of the River Wyre, into which police believe she fell on 27 January.
Faulding said that his main motivation for getting involved was to “bring closure for the family”. He told the Guardian he had very high frequency sonar equipment, along with 20 years’ experience of this kind of underwater search mission. “The police are conducting lots of other inquiries apart from the search focused on the river. But if Nicola did not come to be in the river we should be able to rule that out in the next few days.”Faulding will be in charge of scanning the river with the hi-tech sonar equipment. If any area of interest is identified the team of divers will be able to focus on that area.
“There is a big community effort going on here. The British are great at pulling together in these kinds of situations,” he said.
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