Three weeks ago mother-of-two Nicola Bulley disappeared while out walking her dog, Willow. Since then, we have seen the very best and worst of human nature.
In the days after she vanished from St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire, Nicola’s friends and family did not stop giving up hope. They worked day and night, tirelessly putting up posters and conducting their own searches in the hope of tracking her down and keeping her disappearance in the public eye. They are exactly the type of friends we all want.
On the flipside were the growing numbers of conspiracy theorists who always seem to materialise when tragedies like this happen. They are the keyboard warriors who spend hours in darkened rooms, looking to point fingers at all and sundry and criticise at every turn.