Nicola Bulley's partner has opened up about his “agony” following police locating a body in their search for the missing 45-year-old.
The body was discovered approximately one mile from where the mum-of-two was last seen walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre on January 27, after dropping her daughters, aged six and nine, at school.
According to Lancashire Police, formal identification has yet to be carried out, however, Bulley's family have been notified.
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On Sunday, Inzamam Rashid, a correspondent for Sky News, said he had been in contact with the mortgage adviser's partner, Paul Ansell via text.
In a message to Rashid, Ansell wrote: "No words right now, just agony." Adding that the family are "incredibly heartbroken" and will "really be struggling tonight".
A police spokesman said that officers at around 11.35am on Sunday had been called to reports of a body close to Rawcliffe Road.
It is understood that a man and a woman walking their dog discovered the body and called the police.
A statement said: "An underwater search team and specialist officers have subsequently attended the scene, entered the water and have sadly recovered a body.
"No formal identification has yet been carried out, so we are unable to say whether this is Nicola Bulley at this time.
"Procedures to identify the body are ongoing. We are currently treating the death as unexplained.
"Nicola's family have been informed of developments and our thoughts are with them at this most difficult of times. We ask that their privacy is respected."
A photographer at the scene told the Mirror: "It all happened so fast. Police have sealed all the roads off. It's fair to say a massive search is underway."
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