Officers searching for Nicola Bulley have been seen heading to a caravan site close to where the mum of two disappeared more than two weeks ago. The caravan site being visited by police is believed to be one of several CCTV 'blind spots' that were identified in the search for Ms Bulley, who was last seen on Friday, January 27.
Ms Bulley had been walking her springer spaniel Willow in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, after dropping her daughters off at school. Her phone was found on a bench by the river, and was still connected to a work call reports The Daily Mirror.
A friend of Ms Bulley's, named Tilly-Ann, wrote in a Facebook post backed by Ms Bulley's family: "There's CCTV at the back of the caravan park. The only camera that isn't working is the one that would have seen everything."
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It has been reported that police officers widening their investigation to include the day before she went missing, and as part of their investigation, officers have also requested CCTV footage from a local garage that covers one of the exit points from the field where Ms Bulley vanished.
A witness has also reportedly told police that he spotted two men acting suspiciously close to Nicola's dog-walk route the day before her disappearance. The pair are believed to have been seen outside a local church on Thursday, January 26.
It is unclear if the police reportedly collecting CCTV on the same day is connected to these claims. A worker at St Michael's Garage told The Sun on Sunday : "Two smartly dressed officers came in following up, a man and a woman.
"They wanted the CCTV from the day before Nicola vanished and to take statements of any activity we had seen from that day. These officers were different to the ones in uniform, they seemed very assertive."
Detectives are treating Nicola's disappearance as a missing person inquiry and have discounted foul play. Police are also continuing to trawl the River Wyre towards the sea at Morecambe Bay, working on one hypothesis that Ms Bulley could have fallen in.
The search has been aided by specialists and divers from HM Coastguard, mountain rescue and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, with sniffer dogs, drones and police helicopters. Yesterday, yellow ribbons with handwritten messages were left on a bridge close to where she disappeared.
Ribbons with messages including "We need you home Nicola", "praying for your safe return" and "I love you" have been tied to a footbridge over the River Wyre. A large poster with a photograph of Ms Bulley has also been attached to the railings.
Ms Bulley's partner, Paul Ansell, said he wants to keep "all options open" about her disappearance, but his "gut instinct" tells him she is not in the river. He described Ms Bulley as "fun", "loving", "the most loyal friend you could ever have" and an "exceptional mum" who "absolutely adores our girls".
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