The dog of missing mum Nicola Bulley was discovered "bone dry" next to the river where she disappeared, according to a local. The 45-year-old had been walking her springer spaniel, Willow, in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, on the morning of Friday, January 27, before she mysteriously vanished.
Nicola had dropped her two young daughters at school at about 8.45am before taking her dog on her usual walk along a nearby town path by the River Wyre, the Mirror reports. The mum-of-two was last sighted at around 9.15am by fellow walkers who said she was "laughing and joking" on her stroll.
Nicola has not been seen since and the alarm was raised after another dog walker discovered Willow wandering around alone nearby. The missing mum's phone and Willow's lead were found discarded on a bench near the water, and Nicola's partner Paul was contacted and raced to the scene before 999 was dialled.
