The latest Nicola Bulley news: Dog walker’s missing partner in ‘eternal hell’ amid kidnapping fears

Paul Ansell, partner of Nicola Bulley, said he was in “eternal hell” as the search for the missing dog walker continued.

Police have been searching the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, for almost a week after the disappearance of the mother-of-two last Friday morning at 9.15am.

Ms Bulley’s dog was found near where she was last seen, along with her phone, which was still on a conference call. Her parents fear she has been kidnapped.

Speak with MailOnline Yesterday Mr Ansell said: ‘It’s just eternal hell. It’s just utter disbelief. We’re going through this, but it doesn’t feel real.

“All we can say is that we have to find her,” he said. “She has two little girls who need their mommy at home. We must have good news now.”

Walk your dog, have a coffee, go for a jog: all normal activities done daily with minimal problems (Thomas Kingsley writes).

However, for mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, a stroll along the River Wyre has become a considerable mystery, sparking a missing persons inquiry after the 45-year-old disappeared off Garstang Road in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre and only left was her spaniel.

Emergency teams including Lancashire Fire and Rescue, the Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team and the North West Underwater Search Team have joined the investigation, while Lancashire Police have urged a “potentially important witness” to come forward.

Police used drones and a helicopter to search the area.

Search teams scrambled around a large, unoccupied house while continuing to search for Nicola Bulley.

Kev Camplin of Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue said the site of a large unoccupied cottage and a long stretch of the river, including wooded areas and water’s edges, had been searched Lancashire Evening Post reported.

He said: “The abandoned house is just across the river from the bank, over a 10ft garden wall. It’s pretty fancy.

“We didn’t go indoors: As a volunteer search and rescue team, we don’t actually go inside buildings. We might go to a barn or something. We’ll leave that to the police.

“While the team was searching the premises the owner was there for some reason and we asked him to go inside and he quickly looked around and she wasn’t there.”

An unidentified man, around 70 years old, white, 6ft tall, well built, walking a small white fluffy dog ​​on a leash, is believed to have been in the area around the time Ms Bulley disappeared. ICYMI:

Tracker dogs have been called in to help rescue teams search a river for missing Nicola Bulley, who disappeared on a dog walk in Lancashire, as a major search entered the sixth day.

Local residents turned out to help rescue teams, and friends organized volunteer search parties to help police locate the missing mortgage advisor.

Police combed the riverside area on both sides of the water for leads.

A passer-by who raised the alarm that Nicola Bulley was missing has spoken for the first time about encountering the mother-of-two’s dog by a river.

The woman, who asked not to be identified, spotted brown Springer Spaniel Willow walking loose with the harness on the floor.

She also found Ms Bulley’s mobile phone on a bench under a tree with a sign nailed to it warning of deep water.

She called her daughter-in-law, who called Ms. Bulley’s longtime partner Paul, who dialed 999.

The woman said: “I saw the dog and recognized it, but suddenly I couldn’t tell whose dog it was.

“There was a cell phone on the bench and there was something between the bench and the river too so I went and looked and it was a dog harness.

“The dog looked worried so when I had to go to an appointment I tied her up and rushed home.

“I then went and spoke to my daughter-in-law and she knew right away who the dog was, alerted the woman’s partner and that was it – the police were on it.”

The parents of missing dog walker Nicola Bulley have spoken of their “scared” at the thought of never seeing her again.

Ernest and Dot Bulley also spoke of hearing their grandchildren “sob heartily” after being told “Mom is lost.”

That’s what the couple said daily mirror Her daughter was in good spirits and her disappearance was totally out of character.

“We’re just scared to think we’ll never see her again. If the worst came to the worst and she was never found, how are we going to deal with that for the rest of our lives?” said Mr Bulley.

Lancashire Police said they were “open minded” to what happened but did not believe Ms Bulley was assaulted.

Walk your dog, have a coffee, go for a jog: all normal activities done daily with minimal problems.

However, for mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, a stroll along the River Wyre has become a considerable mystery, sparking a missing persons inquiry after the 45-year-old disappeared off Garstang Road in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre and only left was her spaniel.

Emergency teams including Lancashire Fire and Rescue, the Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team and the North West Underwater Search Team have joined the investigation, while Lancashire Police have urged a “potentially important witness” to come forward.

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