public and it s been widely reported, but i am acutely aware that there continues to be extensive media interest, speculation and some criticism of our police investigation. therefore, to try to address some of that, we will take you through in some detail, more than would normally be the case with an investigation, what exactly we have done over the last 19 days and continue to do. nicola went missing on the morning of friday the 27th of january and, since that time, we have done an unprecedented amount of work on the investigation to try and find her. the sole focus of that work is to find nicola, to bring her home to herfamily work is to find nicola, to bring her home to her family and to give them the answers they so desperately need. the investigations involved a
reported, and as any senior investigating officer does, you form a number of hypotheses, that is scenarios which are possible from the information to hand. there was hypothesis included one, that she possibly could have gone into the river, that they could have been third party involvement, and lastly that she could have left the area voluntarily. those hypotheses have remained in place throughout, are reviewed regularly, as is normal with any sio running an investigation. danny sava . e running an investigation. danny savage was running an investigation. danny savage was at running an investigation. danny savage was at that running an investigation. danny savage was at that police i savage was at that police conference. what has emerged for the first time at the news conference at lancashire police headquarters is that on friday the 27th of january, the day that nicola bulley went missing, her partner paul ansell reported her missing in a phone call to lancashire police, and inf
at lancashire police headquarters is that on friday the 27th of january, the day that she went missing, her partner reported her missing on a phone call to lancashire police, and information in that call led to her immediately being classified as a high risk missing person. police say she had specific vulnerabilities. but detectives will not elaborate on what those specific vulnerabilities are. they would give no further details, citing the privacy of the family as the reason for not doing so. the overarching theme of the news conference here today is that police are still working, and all evidence points to their main theory, that, for whatever reason, nicola bulley entered the water close to the bench why are her phone was found on saint michaels on wire on that morning, and a search expert we were talking to told us there was certainly in that river that day that could have carried her down river, over the nearby we are and
nicola bulley was reported missing on friday, the 27th of january, after dropping her children at st michael s school, in st michael s. as soon as she was reported missing, following the information that was provided to the police by her partner, paul, and based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high risk. that is normal in a missing person investigation, with the information we were in possession of. she was immediately treated as a misper. on monday, the 30th of january, i was identified as the senior investigating officer. at that time, we reviewed all of the information that had been gathered in the days prior to her being reported, and as any senior investigating officer does, you form a number of hypotheses, that is scenarios which are possible from the information to hand. there was hypothesis included one, that she possibly could have
areas but i believe are of interest to you. also, going on to a couple of areas that have been highlighted in the press, which i want to explain in detail. nicola bulley was reported missing on friday, the 27th of january, reported missing on friday, the 27th ofjanuary, after dropping her of january, after dropping her children ofjanuary, after dropping her children at saint michael s school, in saint michael is. as soon as she was reported missing, following the information that was provided to the police by her partner, paul, and based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high risk. that is normal in a missing person, from investigation, with the information we were in possession of. she was initially treated as a missing person. 0n of. she was initially treated as a missing person. on monday, the 30th ofjanuary, i was identified missing person. on monday, the 30th of january, i was identified as the senior investigating officer. at