Conspiracy theories and myths relating to the disappearance of Nicola Bulley were debunked on the first day of her inquest.
Known to friends as Nikki, she was last seen alive taking her dog for a walk along the River Wyre on January 27. An inquest, which started on Monday, June 26, was told police believe the 45-year-old had somehow fallen down the steep banking leading to the near-freezing water.
With the temperature as low as four degrees celsius, two of the world's leading experts on drowning concluded she would have been "rapidly incapacitated" from a phenomenon known as cold water shock. The court was told Nicola would have died within a matter of seconds, LancsLive reports.
