Nicola Bulley cops search caravan site just yards from where missing mum’s phone was found near river
POLICE investigating the disappearance of mum-of-two Nicola Bulley are scouring a caravan site just yards from where her phone was found.
The mortgage adviser, 45, vanished while out walking her dog along the river in St Michaels on Wyre, Lancashire, on January 27.
That morning, she dropped her two daughters off at school and joined a work call just after 9am.
She was last seen in a field with her Springer Spaniel Willow along the River Wyre at 9.10am.
Her phone, which was still connected to the Teams meeting, was found around 25 minutes later but there was no sign of the mum.
Officers were today photographed at nearby Wyreside Farm Park caravan site, which is closed to the public until March.
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It is understood to be one of several CCTV "blind spots" in the area.
Detectives suspect Nicola, from Inskip, may have accidentally fallen into the river and drowned, though they insist they are "open" to all possibilities and are investigating every report made to them.
Details being probed by police include reports of two men trying to hide their faces near Nicola's dog-walking route the day before she went missing.
A local said the pair were carrying fishing rods and appeared to be wearing hats or hoods.
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The witness said: "It was very strange. It made me uneasy."
He spotted one of the men again the following day but didn't think much of it until he heard the news of Nicola's disappearance.
On reflection, he said, it was odd that they didn't appear to be carrying a tackle or bait box and were wrapped up warm when the weather was mild.
Cops are also trawling through security camera footage from the area and trying to trace the owner of a shabby-looking red van spotted outside a barn on the morning Nicola vanished.
Tree surgeon Denis Rowlandson, 47, said of the vehicle: "I don’t know anybody with a red van who should be parked outside that barn or near the entrance.
"There’s no reason to be there at all without my permission.";
And officers are said to be compiling a list of all registered sex offenders in the area as is protocol, according to a former Scotland Yard detective.
It appears the caravan and camping park, which is set in seven acres of pastureland, also form part of the investigation.
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Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting log 473 of January 27.
For immediate sightings, call 999.
