Peter Andre wades into Nicola Bulley mystery as the singer says there are ‘more questions than answers’
- Peter Andre has waded into the debate over Nicola Bulley’s disappearance
- He said there are ‘more questions than answers’ over the mother-of-two’s fate
Singer Peter Andre has waded into the mystery over missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley – saying he ‘can’t imagine’ what her distraught relatives are going through as they wait for news.
The 49-year-old entertainer added there ‘seems to be more questions than answers’ as detectives continue to examine Ms Bulley’s disappearance near St Michael’s-on-Wyre, Lancashire, on January 27.
The Mysterious Girl singer wrote about the investigation in his most recent column for New! magazine, the Daily Mirror reports.
After probing the River Wyre, Lancashire Police took to scouring the sea around Morecambe Bay last week in the search for the mortgage advisor, whom they believe fell into the river – despite a challenge from independent investigator.
Andre wrote: ‘Like the rest of the nation I have been saddened by the disappearance of Nicola Bulley, who was still missing at the time of me writing this. It’s such a bizarre story.
Singer Peter Andre has waded into the mystery over missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley – saying he ‘can’t imagine’ what her distraught relatives are going through as they wait for news
Nicola Bulley, 45, a mother-of-two, went missing on Friday January 27 while walking her dog in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire,
‘If she had fallen into the river you’d expect to see slip marks or footmarks or something on the ground. But on the flip side, if someone did take her, you’d think there would also be signs of a struggle.
‘There seems to be more questions than answers, that’s for sure. It’s heartbreaking and I feel so much for her and her family.’
Lead investigator Supt Sally Riley last week said the police investigation had been reviewed by the National Crime Agency and they found no new lines of inquiry based on the material they had seen.
It comes as a close friend of missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley has told of the ‘agony’ of waiting for news, following an emotional vigil at their local village church two weeks after she vanished.
Ms Bulley, 45, and her family would often attend medieval St Michael’s Church on the banks of the River Wyre in Lancashire, just a couple of hundred yards from where she disappeared.
The silent vigil was held before a small altar, with candles lit around a photo of smiling Ms Bulley and her partner, Paul Ansell.
Outside, lining the road through the village, friends of Ms Bulley again gathered for another roadside appeal.
Nicola Bulley and her partner Paul Ansell were planning on getting married in the near future
A distraught Mr Ansell visited the location of his partner’s disappearance with police last week
Police crew searching for Nicola continued their work today as the hunt entered its third week
Friends of missing woman Nicola Bulley hold missing person appeal posters along the main road in the village in St Michael’s on Wyre
They held up placards featuring her photograph, in a plea to ‘bring Nikki home’ and appealing for information.
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Heather Gibbons, a family friend who attended the church vigil, said: ‘It’s the hub in the community, it’s a place where we’ve frequently been with Nikki. She would often be here with her girls and with Paul.
‘So yes, I’m sat in there thinking of the times where I’ve sat next to her, in the church, and really wishing I could go back … just, yeah, wishing she was here.
‘That’s exactly what it is, it’s an agonising wait, it’s almost a hell above hell, because the unknown is unbearable.
‘So, this morning at 10 o’clock we just opened the church for people to come and to light a candle, just to have a chance to come, a space to collect their thoughts, to be together.
‘It’s not a vigil in that we’ve lost hope, it’s almost trying to create that moment of hope for everybody to keep supporting one another.
‘We just needed a space to be able to think and pray and collect our thoughts for the family and for Nikki.
‘There’s been a lovely little turnout of people who just wanted to come and have that moment.
‘The family are on the worst rollercoaster of their lives, they are still holding on to hope, that there’s a chance we will get Nikki home safe.
‘They have the same thinking that nothing is making sense. They are just desperate for some evidence that will pinpoint exactly what has happened.’
Ms Bulley vanished while walking her springer spaniel dog Willow, alongside the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre on January 27.
She had dropped off her daughters, aged six and nine, at school and was on her usual walk when she disappeared, her phone – still connected to a call for her job as a mortgage advisor – was found on a bench overlooking the river.
The dog’s lead and harness on the ground of the footpath itself. Willow was found by a member of the public – bone dry – and apparently agitated with his owner missing.
Despite a huge search of the river and surrounding countryside by Lancashire Police, no trace of her has been found.
The force has discounted foul play and are treating the incident as a missing person enquiry, believing that Ms Bulley has fallen into the water.
Two weeks ago today, Nicola Bulley, 45, was last seen walking her dog on a footpath by the River Wyre off Garstang Road in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire. Her friend Emma White (pictured together) is among friends holding a vigil today
But police say they are still keeping an ‘open mind’ and appealing for information.
Mrs Gibbons added: ‘At the moment the police have been clear as to what their working hypothesis is, but it is exactly that, it is a hypothesis.
‘I have spoken to police along with other friends and family and they have made it clear all avenues are still open.
‘They are encouraging everyone to keep open-minded, the words were, they have not got their blinkers on.
‘We are hopeful, we’re still holding on to hope.’
Focus of the police search on Thursday switched from St Michael’s to around 10 miles downstream where the river empties into the sea at Morecambe Bay, with police patrol boats and rescue boats spotted on the river and in the bay.
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