Nicola Bulley: Police extend investigation to include day before she vanished

The search for Nicola Bulley has been widened to include the day before she went missing as police continue to investigate what happened. Police returned to St Michael’s on Wyre last week to request CCTV from the day before the 45-year-old disappeared, Birmingham Live reports.

The mum-of-two disappeared on a dog walk, as she walked pet spaniel Willow, on the morning of January 27. Police have now called off the river search for Nicola after expert divers found no trace.

Police are working under the theory she fell into the River Wyre, but searches of the water yielded no body. Police remain certain Ms Bulley is not the victim of foul play.

READ MORE: Witness reportedly saw ‘suspicious men' near dog walking route

In an update on Sunday, February 12, garage workers in the village have confirmed cops are tracing Ms Bulley's footsteps from January 26 onwards.

“Two smartly dressed officers came in following up, a man and a woman," one told the Sun newspaper. “They wanted the CCTV from the day before Nicola vanished and to take statements of any activity we had seen from that day.

Paul Ansell, the partner of missing Nicola Bulley, is "100 per cent convinced" she did not fall in the river, as detectives say they are keeping an open mind about what happened. (Channel 5)

“These officers were different to the ones in uniform, they seemed very assertive.” It comes as witnesses reported two men - who were acting "suspiciously", according to reports - to police after Ms Bulley, a mum-of-two, disappeared.

Her partner Paul Ansell has said he is 100% certain she is not in the river - he has spoken at length about the family's nightmare ordeal. He said: "People don't just vanish into thin air. It's absolutely impossible. So something has happened. Whatever has happened, in my eyes, has to be somebody who knows the local area. You would only know that area, by local, it's a local area."

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