A retired detective who cracked a 32-year-old murder case has backed the main police theory that Nicola Bulley fell into the River Wyre.
Nicola, 45, disappeared on January 27 while walking her brown spaniel Willow along the riverbank near the village of St Michaels on Wyre in Lancashire.
A massive search - which has now been expanded to Morecambe Bay 18 miles away - was launched by Lancashire Police, who say their "main working hypothesis" is that the mortgage advisor fell into the river, and that her body has yet to be found.