Dog walker who found Nicola Bulley's phone on the day she went missing has said he initially thought the missing mum-of-two had gone to the toilet
in the months before her disappearance, brought on by her "ongoing struggles with the menopause".
A spokesperson for Lancashire Police has since revealed that she had "suffered with some significant issues with alcohol" before she went missing."Nicola’s family continue to be our absolute focus and our thoughts remain with them," a spokesperson for Lancashire Police said. Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police's chief commissioner, did not condemn Lancashire Police but said it was "rare" to release such details.
"Is it absolutely necessary for a policing purpose to help achieve the aim of finding a missing woman?
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