Police officers have confirmed a body found in a Lancashire river is that of missing mum-of-two Nicola Bulley.
Nicola had been walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre after dropping her daughters, aged six and nine, at school on January 27. On Sunday, February 19, a body was found on a stretch of river and a police cordon was put in place.
The body was found on Sunday morning around a mile from where the 45-year-old mortgage adviser was last seen. Lancashire Police at the time confirmed Nicola's family had been informed and said: "Our thoughts are with them at this most difficult of times."
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During a press conference held on Monday (February 20), officers confirmed the body has been identified as Nicola Bulley.
The family of Nicola Bulley have said they “will never be able to comprehend what Nikki had gone through in her last moments”, adding “that will never leave us”. Ms Bulley's family were informed following the discovery of the body and while Lancashire Police began identification procedures.
Speaking at a press briefing at police headquarters on Monday, Assistant Chief Constable Peter Lawson confirmed the body had been identified as Ms Bulley. In a message to Sky News on Sunday, before the body was identified, Ms Bulley's partner Paul Ansell said: "No words right now, just agony.
"We're all together, we have to be strong."
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