Nicola Bulley's partner has been spotted at the search scene along the River Wyre.
The mum-of-two has been missing since January 27. She seemingly vanished after dropping off her two children at school in St Michael's, Lancashire, before taking family dog Willow for a walk on a nearby trail.
However, her phone was later found on a bench, with the springer spaniel wandering nearby without her harness. Police and a specialist search team have been searching the river at the point where investigators believe Nicola may have fallen in.
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Today, Nicola's long-term partner Paul Ansell made a visit to the site. He was seen looking out across the river before chatting to the search team in a nearby incident support unit.
Paul, 44, is understood to have been contacted by another dog walker who came across the scene on the morning of the disappearance. He then rushed to the scene and called the police, reported The Mirror. The dad has put out a number of appeals, on TV and through the police in recent days.
On Monday, he said he and everyone close to Nicola needs to know what happened to her. He added that Nicola's daughters "miss their mummy desperately" and have been going through "a tough time" since her disappearance.
Paul has been asked by a forensic underwater search chief whether his missing partner had any "enemies or stalkers" amid fears she could have been abducted. Specialist Group International (SGI) were drafted in earlier this week to help the river search with their high tech sonar equipment.
Firm founder Peter Faulding told the Mirror his team would find Nicola almost immediately if she fell in the river at the point by the bench. However, with still no sign of her, he believes she may well have been abducted.
He said he called Paul on Monday night to update him on SGI's first day. Mr Faulding said the 44-year-old dad was "distraught".
Speaking yesterday, he said: "I spoke to Paul last night and asked him if she had any enemies, any stalkers, the normal questions you would ask. And nothing, he said no. And she was totally normal that day when she left, nothing out the ordinary."
Paul has previously been out as part of volunteer searches, including reportedly searching an abandoned property. A family friend told the Mirror he also attended a meeting on Sunday, January 29 - two days after Nicola's disappearance - at the village hall. Those in attendance then launched two separate search teams.
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