In the UK, a woman disappeared during a conference call weeks ago. Now there is sad certainty: Nicola Bulley is dead.
After the body of a woman was found in north-west England, police have confirmed that it is the missing Nicola Bulley. The body discovered in the River Wyre the day before was that of the 45-year-old mother of two, Lancashire police said on Monday. “Nicola’s family has been informed and is of course devastated,” it said on Twitter.
The cause of death was not known. In their investigations, the police assume that she fell into the river while walking her dog and drowned.
The search had kept the country in suspense for weeks. The woman had been missing since January 27. The financial adviser, who frequently documented her walks online, was last seen taking her two daughters to school as usual and then walking her dog by the river near the village of St Michael’s on Wyre.
A short time later, her dog was discovered running loose, as was her phone lying on a bench, still dialed into a conference call. However, there was no trace of Bulley – until now.
“Leave us alone now”
A police report recently caused a stir, according to which the woman was an alcoholic and that the problems had recently increased once more because of her menopause. Leading politicians criticized the publication as an inadmissible invasion of privacy.
In a statement from the family, read at the press conference, the relatives accused the British media of exploiting the missing person case and reporting it extensively, despite being asked for privacy. This should not happen to any other family. “Leave us alone now,” the letter continued – and regarding the woman who died: “She was the center of our lives, which made our lives so special.”