Nicola Bulley’s family are ‘incredibly heartbroken’ after body found less than a mile from where mum-of-two vanished
THE family of missing mum Nicola Bulley have said that they are “incredibly heartbroken” after a body was found near where she vanished.
Police recovered a body from the River Wyre, less than a mile away from where Nicola disappeared on January 27.
Sky News correspondent Inzamam Rashid said that he had contacted Nicola’s loved ones by text.
He said: “They are incredibly heartbroken by this significant development from Lancashire Police.”
The force said they were unable to confirm whether the body was that of the 45-year-old mum-of-two.
They said that the process of formal identification was underway.
Detectives said in a statement: “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 on-going. 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.”