A body has been found in the River Wyre in the ongoing search for Nicola Bulley, police have confirmed – 23 days after she went missing.
Officers were scrambled to a site at the riverside shortly before noon on Sunday February 19 after receiving a tip-off from two walkers who spotted something in the water. A police helicopter and drones were seen hovering over an embankment around a mile from where the 45-year-old was last seen on January 27.
Shortly afterwards police divers and Detective Superintendent Rebecca Smith, the lead officer in the case, were seen arriving at the scene, followed by a Lancashire Police crime scene investigation van. The Mirror reports that a body has been found, per Lancashire Police.
