A senior police officer leading the investigation into the disappearance of Nicola Bulley has said that online speculation about the case is the "worst she had seen" in her 29-year career. In a press conference on day 20 of the search, Detective Superintendent Rebecca Smith of Lancashire Police said she had "never seen anything like it."
Ms Bulley was reported missing on Friday, January 27, while walking her springer spaniel, Willow, in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre after she dropped her two daughters – aged six and nine – at school. As the investigation nears the three-week mark of her disappearance there has been a significant interest in the case both online and with people visiting the scene.
Addressing the interest, DS Smith said that social media video bloggers coming to the scene trying to solve the case has "distracted us significantly" and been the worst she has seen in nearly three decades with the police.
