Lancashire Police have issued several significant updates on their investigation into the disappearance of Nicola Bulley on day 20 of the search into the missing mother-of-two. They include revealing that Nicola was classed as "high risk" and had certain "vulnerabilities" and addressing many theories in the investigation including a "stained glove" found near the scene, men who apparently were trying to hide their faces and a "red van".
Ms Bulley disappeared while walking her springer spaniel Willow in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, after she dropped her two daughters – aged six and nine – at school on January 27. Extensive searches have been carried out in the area for the past two weeks but no clues to her disappearance have been found. Lancashire Police have always said officers are keeping an "open mind" as they continues appealing for information regarding Nicola's whereabouts but that their "main working hypothesis" had always been that she had entered the river. The force is still searching the river towards the sea at Morecambe Bay with the idea that the 45-year-old, from Inskip, may have fallen in.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Senior Investigating Officer Detective Superintendent Rebecca Smith said there was "not one single piece of information" that had come to light since her disappearance to suggest criminal third-party involvement or that Nicola had otherwise left the area.
