Nicola Bulley: Search expert says he is 'totally baffled' by case

A forensic hunt adept who is looking for Nicola Bulley has said it is the "most baffling case" helium has worked on.

Peter Faulding, caput of a squad of underwater experts searching the River Wyre, said different agelong adjacent wherever she went missing would beryllium scoured.

The 45-year-old was past seen connected a riverside canine locomotion successful St Michael's connected Wyre successful Lancashire 11 days ago.

Her spouse Paul Ansell issued a caller entreaty connected Monday, saying her daughters missed her desperately.

Speaking connected TalkTV connected Monday night, Mr Faulding said: "After 24-25 years of doing this benignant of enactment and hundreds of cases, I americium wholly baffled.

"This is the astir baffling lawsuit I've ever worked on."

Detectives investigating the disappearance are focusing their efforts connected a stream way arsenic they proceed the search.

The unit said sightings amusement her movements from the school, wherever she dropped her 2 daughters off, on the stream way and into the field.

They urged drivers oregon cyclists connected Garstang Road to interaction them.

Mr Ansell said successful a connection released by Lancashire Police connected Monday: "It's been 10 days present since Nicola went missing and I person 2 small girls who miss their mummy desperately and who request her back.

"This has been specified a pugnacious clip for the girls particularly but besides for maine and each of Nicola's household and friends, arsenic good arsenic the wider assemblage and I privation to convey them for their emotion and support."

A squad of divers from the backstage Specialist Group International (SGI), headed up by Mr Faulding, searched "three oregon 4 miles" of stream until it got acheronian connected Monday.

"It's a antagonistic search, nary signs of Nicola", helium said.

He told TalkTV a hunt "further up the river" towards wherever Ms Bulley primitively went missing was taking spot and helium had "total faith" successful the police's dive team.

In an update the unit said: "We tin accidental with assurance that by reviewing CCTV, Nicola has not near the tract during the cardinal times via Rowanwater, either done the tract itself oregon via the portion of onshore astatine the side.

"Also, we tin accidental that she did not instrumentality from the fields on Allotment Lane oregon via the way astatine the rear of the Grapes pub connected to Garstang Road.

"Our inquiries present absorption connected the stream way which leads from the fields backmost to Garstang Road - for that we request drivers and cyclists who travelled that mode connected the greeting of 27 January to marque contact."

Police judge Ms Bulley whitethorn person fallen into the River Wyre, but they "remain unfastened minded" and are continuing to transportation retired a "huge number" of inquiries.

The unit said officers person "spoken to galore witnesses, analysed Nicola's mobile telephone and Fitbit and searched the derelict location connected the different broadside of the stream arsenic good arsenic immoderate bare caravans successful the vicinity".

Divers are scouring the h2o and the hunt continues involving upland rescue, sniffer dogs and helicopters.

Ms Bulley had dropped her 2 daughters, aged six and nine, disconnected astatine schoolhouse and past went connected her accustomed canine locomotion alongside the river.

Her phone, inactive connected to a Teams telephone for her occupation arsenic a owe adviser, was recovered connected a seat connected a steep riverbank overlooking the water, on with the canine pb and the canine harness connected the ground.