Nicola Bulley cops reveal TRUTH behind missing mum’s phone after it was found logged into work call on park bench

COPS have revealed the truth behind missing mum Nicola Bulley’s phone after it was found logged into a work call on a park bench.

The mum-of-two disappeared while walking her dog Willow along the River Wyre in St Michaels, Lancashire, on January 27.

Since then there has been no trace of the mum-of-two, leaving her family in agony despite extensive searches.

However cops today gave detail into their colossal investigation.

The force held a press conference giving further updates into the mum-of-two's disappearance.

And Detective Superintendent Rebecca Smith gave an insight into why Nicola’s phone was left on a bench - and not her pocket.

She explained it was normal for her to be holding her phone out in front of her while on Teams calls.

And she explained that the last person to see Nicola before she vanished said this is exactly what she was doing.

Police have also received 1,500 pieces of information relating to Nicola's disappearance and spoken to 300 people.

The nation has been after her mobile was found on a bench still connected to a work conference call.

Nicola’s pet springer spaniel Willow was also found – but there was no trace still of the mum-of-two.

Lancashire Police said previously their “main working hypothesis” is that Nicola had “sadly fallen in the river”.

But the force has been criticised for focusing so heavily on the theory by experts and Nicola's friends and family.

Her partner Paul Ansell believes "something happened" on the day she disappeared as people do not just "vanish into thin air".