A statement by Nicola Bulley's family was read out after a coroner ruled her death was an accident. They still receive 'negative targeted messages' about the case and encouraged people to look at the 'facts, evidence, and conclusion reached'.
Often it is the unusual, the deviation from the 'normal', that serves as the catalyst to capture the public's imagination.
Nicola Bulley with her partner of 12 years Paul Ansell. Ms Bulley disappeared on January 27 last year near the River Wyre, in the Lancashire village of St Michael's on Wyre Increasingly outlandish theories and speculation spread across TikTok, YouTube and the like and the focal point for some of the most hurtful conjecture was around Nicola's partner Paul – and whether he might have hurt her.
The 'monster' is a subject Paul refers to more than once in the programme, in which the voices of Nicola's daughters, the girls on whom she doted, are heard as they prepare to release a balloon in memory of their mummy. While all outlandish theories should have been quashed at an inquest last year, when a coroner determined that Nicola fell into the icy river and 'died almost immediately' in an accidental drowning, a search for #nicolabulley on TikTok this week revealed a staggering 519.9 million views.
You might remember the name Curtis Arnold, identified by this newspaper as the TikTok ghoul who filmed the moment Nicola's body was found in the river, sharing his footage online. Paul called Nicola's sister Louise, she called her parents and at 11am Paul called the police – poignantly he recalls how he told them 'She's been struggling a bit, she's been a bit up and down'.
Read More Nicola Bulley's partner and family appearing in new tell-all BBC documentary set to hit screens in coming days - as director reveals most 'nerve-racking' part of show Meanwhile Paul recalls: 'We would sit there every day just going over and over and over everything . . . In the documentary, Detective Superintendent Rebecca Smith states clearly that 'at no point was Paul ever a suspect', but at the time an army of social media detectives thought they knew better.
What had happened was that on January 10 – 17 days before she disappeared – Nicola's family had made an emergency call for mental health support because they were so concerned for Nicola's 'spiralling' wellbeing. A police officer did arrive but only as standard policy in their area. Read More Nicola Bulley police blunders created 'information vacuum' that was filled by wild conspiracy theories on social media about the missing mother, landmark review finds The documentary probes the controversial police decision to reveal that Nicola had 'significant issues with alcohol' brought on by struggles with the menopause.
'Me and Paul we just sort of hugged each other, it broke our hearts,' says Ernie, a man whose love for his daughter is palpable as he recalls how he still talks to her, who chuckles as he describes how he has to shut his bedroom door when he's getting dressed in the morning, because of the large, framed photograph on the wall on the landing of a smiling Nikki.Ernie and Dot both remember the cries of the children, when they were told their mummy had died.
Arnold, 35, was arrested on suspicion of malicious communication offences and on suspicion of stalking Nicola's neighbours. However, save for being banned from entering the county of Lancashire under bail conditions, no charges were brought.
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