Nicola Bulley: First words of passer-by who found body in search for missing mum
The tragic first words of the witness who spotted a body in the River Wyre close to where Nicola Bulley went missing have been revealed.
“It was the body of a woman – there is definitely a body down there,” they said.
Mum Nicola went missing while walking her dog in St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire on January 27.
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Police said yesterday (Sunday, February 19) that they had found a body in the River Wyre although it is yet to be formally identified.
They were alerted to it by a man and a woman who had been walking along the river.
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The ashen-faced couple sat on the wall vaping as officers frantically called for back up.
A first officer on the scene was told by the man: “It was a body. It is down there. It was a body of a woman. There is definitely a body down there.”
The witness said: “I noticed a man and a woman and two police officers on the embankment.
“I heard the man talking to police about something in the undergrowth.
“Police cars were flying down the road with the blues and twos going. A police officer pulled up a few minutes later and got his drone out.
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“Five minutes later the helicopter arrived. Officers asked to me get out so I moved 200 yards down the road.
“I could still clearly see the man pointing at the riverbank. Then more police cars raced down with the blues and twos going. They cleared the entire road.”
Senior Investigating Officer Det Supt Rebecca Smith arrived at the area to oversee recovery of the body. A white forensic tent was also erected at the scene.
The body was found a mile downstream from where Nicola vanished.
Sky News correspondent Inzamam Rashid told how he had been in contact with Nicola’s family. He said: “They are incredibly heartbroken and they will really be struggling tonight.”
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Lancashire Police said in a statement: “We were called today at 11.36am to reports of a body in the River Wyre.
“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.”
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