While speaking to 5 News presenter Dan Walker, Nicola Bulley's partner, Paul Ansell, suggested the phone and dog harness found on the bench where she vanished 'could be a decoy'.
The phone and dog harness found on the bench where Nicola Bulley vanished could be a ‘decoy’, her partner has suggestedSpeaking to 5 News presenterhad been at home making a cup of tea,Paul told Dan: ‘People don’t just vanish into thin air. It’s absolutely impossible. So something has happened.Paul also spoke about the possibility Nicola fell into the River Wyre and how there were ‘many areas’ which could hinder the movement of a body.
He told Dan: ‘We’ve always been very careful that we don’t want to say, “oh, we think it’s that”, and then push that when it might not be.‘The most obvious thing, of course has always been the river. It’s always been my gut instinct and her sisters, and family that, that isn’t the case.‘We always felt that the mobile phone and the harness and everything, it could, it could possibly be a decoy.’
Nicola had dropped off her daughters, aged six and nine, at school and was on her usual walk when she disappeared, her phone – still connected to a call for her job as a mortgage adviser – was found on a bench overlooking the river.Despite a huge search of the river and surrounding countryside by Lancashire Police, no trace of her has been found.
Speaking about his partner, Paul went on: ‘She is fun. She is loving. If you’re friends with her, she’s the most loyal friend that you could ever have.‘You know, it’s all. That’s, that’s her. And she is an exceptional mum and she absolutely adores our girls. And goes above and beyond.’He added: ‘She’s just a pillar of strength to our family and without her, the hole is bigger than you can possibly imagine.’with police patrol boats and rescue boats spotted on the river and in the bay.
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