Nicola Bulley disappeared while walking her dog after dropping off her daughters at school on 27 January.
Lancashire police confirmed on Sunday that a body had been found in the search for the 45-year-old mortgage adviser.
This is a timeline of events so far:
10 January
Police and health officials visit Bulley’s home address in Inskip in Lancashire after a report of “concern for welfare”.
No arrests are made in relation to the incident, which was a result of her “issues with alcohol”, but it remains under investigation, police said.
27 January
8.43am Bulley walks along the path by the River Wyre after dropping her children off at school.
8:50am (approximately) A dog walker – someone who knows Bulley – sees her walking around the lower field with her dog. Their two dogs interact briefly before the witness leaves the field via the river path.
8.53am Bulley sends an email to her boss.
9.01am Bulley logs into a Teams conference call.
9.10am (approximately) A witness, who knows Bulley, sees her on the upper field walking her dog, Willow. This is corroborated by police.
9.20am (approximately) Bulley’s mobile phone is linked to the area of a bench by the river.
9.30am The conference call ends but Bulley stays logged on.
9.33am A dog walker sees Willow running around off her lead.
9.35am (approximately) Bulley’s mobile phone and Willow are found at the bench by another dog walker. Willow’s harness and lead are found halfway between the bench and the river.
10.50am Bulley’s family and the schools attended by her children are notified of her disappearance.
11am Bulley is reported missing to police.
28 January
Lancashire police launch a major missing persons operation, deploying drones, helicopters and search dogs.
They are joined by Lancashire fire and rescue, the Bowland Pennine mountain rescue team and the North West underwater search team.
29 January
Local people gather in the village hall and set off on their own search for Bulley.
Her partner, Paul Ansell – having spent all day searching for Bulley – says: “It is just perpetual hell.”
30 January
Supt Sally Riley, from Lancashire constabulary, says officers are keeping an “open mind” as to Bulley’s whereabouts but that it is likely she has gone missing rather than having been the victim of a crime.
31 January
Police announce they are speaking to a “potentially key witness” about Bulley’s disappearance.
Detectives say the witness is a man in his 70s who was in the area of the village of St Michael’s on Wyre when Bulley was last seen.
1 February
Bulley’s parents, Ernest and Dot, tell the Daily Mirror they fear “somebody got her” as the disappearance enters a sixth day.
3 February
At a press conference, Supt Riley says: “Our main working hypothesis is that Nicola has sadly fallen into the river, there is no third party or criminal involvement and this is not suspicious but the tragic case of a missing person.”
5 February
A woman described as a “key witness” by police comes forward, as the force warns against “totally unacceptable” speculation and abuse on social media.
7 February
Police urge the public not to “take the law into their own hands” and warn amateur detectives not to abuse witnesses or attempt to break into empty or derelict buildings along the River Wyre.
8 February
A specialist underwater search team looking for Bulley pull out of the operation and say they believe “categorically” she is not in the section of the river where detectives believe she fell in.
15 February
Police tell media that Bulley was vulnerable and graded as a “high-risk” missing person the day she disappeared, owing to “some significant issues with alcohol”.
In a press conference, Lancashire constabulary says Bulley had “individual vulnerabilities” that put her in the highest category, meaning there was risk of her coming to serious harm.
17 February
Dame Vera Baird, a barrister and former Labour minister, condemns the force’s “dreadful” decision to divulge medical information about Bulley and says it was “the biggest error that I have seen for quite a long time”.
18 February
Sir Peter Fahy, a former chief constable of Greater Manchester, says criticism of the Lancashire investigation has been overblown and the flurry of public interest meant officers were like “very highly skilled surgeons” asked to “operate with a huge public gallery”.
19 February
A body is found after a tipoff by members of the public, police say.
