A friend of Nicola Bulley says she was sent a text message arranging plans just minutes before she disappeared. The Lancashire mum went missing while walking her dog after dropping her daughters off at school last Friday, January 27.
Police believe the 45-year-old may have fallen into the River Wyre while trying retrieve her dog's tennis ball - although her sister has suggested there is 'no evidence' to support the theory. Mortgage broker Nicola had taken springer spaniel Willow along a towpath in St Michaels on Wyre from around 8.45am.
She is understood to have signed into a work conference call close to 9am. Now, a friend who lives in the village has told the Mirror she received a text from Nicola at 8.57am that day.