Death of Nicola Bulley, Lancashire UK

People committing suicide in rivers is not uncommon but they dont attract public or media attention - people tend to sympathise with these cases and leave well alone. If the police had said from the beginning that she was vulnerable the media would have left the case alone. What was unusual about this case was the way the phone was left and the dogs behaviour. The public were led to believe she was a happy contented woman with no problems - this is what attracted the attention. The belief was that this happy woman couldn't have committed suicide, she couldn't have gone in after the dog etc as the dog was dry. People and her family seemed to believe that something else could have happened Nicola and were critical of the polices approach. The police should have been more honest from the beginning and then when they did release information they went way too far with the personal information regarding Nicola. The police did handle the whole thing badly. Lets hope for their sake that she was in the river all along and that no foul play was involved.

As for people digging into social media etc - they are sad people and should be prosecuted.

Im glad that there is closure for her family and that they were not left wondering where she was. It is such a sad event.

So Peter Faulding, after very publicly and categorically stating numerous times that she was "not in the river" after his "extensive and thorough search" has now rowed back and is saying that he never said she was not in the river, meant she was not "on the riverbed", that the reeds at the side of the river were "not part of our remit".

Very, very bad form on his part.

I have to say yes it would appear that he was wrong. However it has not been confirmed how long she was in the water or if she died in the water.

We have to hold off on judging Peter until the facts are released.

Sad outcome if it is her body but at least closure for her family and friends. So sad for the two young girls growing up without their Mum. This whole case and media coverage was strange from the get go, not all details were public and the details that were had people baffled. Then the police completely overshare information with family agreement to prevent some individuals selling stories to journalists. The media, social media and police plus the whole online community have serious questions to answer in this case. All could have damaged the investigation and led to no outcome for the family.

He should really shut up now out of respect to her family, instead of trying to save face.

I said it at the time. People put way too much faith in that Faulding guy. Red herring.

The body was found at the point she was believed to enter the river, not miles away. "Limit search" comment doesn't stand up.

There was zero reason for Faulding to have spoken out previously, there is zero reason for him to be speaking now, he should shut the **** up.

Gladly.

Here's where he states both "she is not in the river" and "she is not in that river"

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Here's where he said that it was an "extensive and thorough search":

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And, just to be very clear, here's where he admits that he searched the area where she was actually found:

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The public safety concerns are what created the initial media circus and hysteria which then led to online circus/conspiracy theories etc.

Her family then seemingly contradicting the police theory and stating "she was a strong swimmer" and " she's not in the river" etc.

The private diver bring brought in to prove the negative that she was not in the river. All of this led to fuelling the public/media/social media circus.

From the outset it should have been stated by police that she was vulnerable and they were concerned for her safety. I dont think her family/freinds should have been anywhere near the media now that we know what we know.

The whole thing has been a car crash imo but the police are the professionals who deal with these scenarios regularly and i think they messed up given everything we now know.

it's 99.9% likely she was in the water day one. Realistically, no one expects a different scenario post port mortem.

Yes, but the Police weren't so arrogant as to believe that just because they hadn't found her yet, she couldn't be in the water.