The forensic search expert brought in by friends and family to search for missing mum-of-two Nicola Bulley has described the case as "baffling" and the most "unusual" case he has investigated in his 25 years in the job. Among the concerns Peter Faulding has raised are that Nicola's mobile phone could have been placed on the bench by the river as a "decoy".
And he has said there is a chance that a third party could have been involved in her disappearance adding that if his team doesn't find anything on Tuesday (February 7), it is likely someone else was involved in Nicola's disappearance. He told TalkTV: "After 25 years of doing this kind of work, after hundreds of cases, I am well and truly baffled. Normally you would expect the divers to find them easily. The police have nothing to go on. All they have is a mobile phone at the moment and they said it could possibly be a decoy."
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