A body has been found in the River Wyre close to where Nicola Bulley went missing, Lancashire Police said. A formal identification is yet to take place.
In a statement on Sunday (February 19), a Lancashire Police spokesperson said: "This morning, you may be aware of police activity around the river near to St Michael's. We want to provide you with an update on that activity.
"We were called today at 11.36am to reports of a body in the River Wyre, close to Rawcliffe Road. An underwater search team and specialist officers have subsequently attended the scene, entered the water and have sadly recovered a body.
"No formal identification has yet been carried out, so we are unable to say whether this is Nicola Bulley at this time. Procedures to identify the body are ongoing.
"We are currently treating the death as unexplained. Nicola's family have been informed of developments and our thoughts are with them at this most difficult of times. We ask that their privacy is respected."
Ms Bulley, 45, was last seen walking her dog by the river at around 9.10am on January 27, having earlier dropped off her two daughters at school. Around 20 minutes later, a member of the public came across her springer spaniel Willow wandering alone "bone dry and agitated", and found her phone on a nearby bench logged into a Microsoft Teams call.
On February 3, Lancashire Police told the public of its main hypothesis that Ms Bulley had fallen into the river in a "10-minute window" between 9.10am and 9.20am on the day she disappeared.
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