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Yesterday in South Woodham, Essex, where Nicola Bulley was born and raised, close to 250 people attended a memorial service for her. Among them were grieving friends and former neighbors.

More than three weeks after she was last seen, on January 27, the 45-year-body old’s was discovered in Lancashire’s River Wyre on Sunday.

After dropping off her two children at school, she vanished while taking her dog for a walk at St. Michael’s on Wyre. “South Woodham Ferrers is a very close-knit community. When unfortunately tragic events happen everyone kind of pulls together,” family friend Kerry Linehan told EssexLive.

“The family is well known and even though they moved up north, they still hold a massive piece of all of our hearts.”

Earlier, an inquest heard that Bulley was identified by dental records. The coroner also confirmed her body can be released for a family funeral to take place.

Key Points

• Nicola Bulley’s friends and neighbors join the vigil
• Over £20,000 was raised to support the family of Nicola Bulley with funeral costs
• Inquest opened into Nicola Bulley’s death
• Three reasons why it may have taken so long to find Nicola Bulley’s body

Following the death of a young mother who was also reported missing, a police officer from the force that received criticism for the Nicola Bulley search is being looked into for gross misconduct.

In July of last year, just hours after being reported missing, Kiena Dawes, 23, was struck by a train near Garstang, Lancashire.

According to testimony given at the beginning of an inquiry into her death, Nicola Bulley was located using her dental data.

The 45-year-dental old’s records, which the police had received from her dentist’s office, were inspected by surgeon Andrew Ian Edwards, according to information provided to Preston Coroner’s Court.

Paul Ansell, Ms. Bulley’s partner, and any other family members did not attend the hearing, which lasted for about five minutes.

Her family alleged she was “let down” by Lancashire Police after her death.

The media, social media sleuths, and the police have all come under fire since Nicola Bulley vanished.

On Sunday, the body of the 45-year-old was discovered in Lancashire’s River Wye, but many unresolved issues remain.

The PA news agency examines what inquiries have been opened since her death was found and why they are required in this article.

After dropping her kids off at school that morning, Ms. Bulley vanished on January 27 while walking her dog.

Two walkers found her on a path that had been traveled by officers before, according to the police, and the body was properly recognized the next day.

There are a variety of possibilities, according to experts, as to why Ms. Bulley may not have been discovered sooner.

“Although the area where she was found is just within the tidal section, I doubt she moved up and down the river very far,” a professor who studies rivers told The Telegraph. According to experts, social media algorithms that reward and promote controversial content contributed to the spike in online interest in the Nicola Bulley case.

After it was determined that Nicola Bulley, a mother of two, was the body recovered in the River Wyre on Sunday, the public collected more than £10,000 for her family.

A GoFundMe account has been started by Ms. Bulley’s friends and relatives to raise money for her funeral arrangements and to support her partner Paul Ansell and their two young daughters.

The body was found on Sunday morning about a mile from the location where the mortgage advisor was last seen taking her dog on a walk three weeks prior.

Following the death of a young mother who was also reported missing, a police officer from the force that received criticism for the Nicola Bulley search is being looked into for gross misconduct.

In July of last year, just hours after being reported missing, Kiena Dawes, 23, was struck by a train near Garstang, Lancashire.

Her family alleged she was “let down” by Lancashire Police after her death.

On Sunday, the body of the 45-year-old was discovered in Lancashire’s River Wye, but many unresolved issues remain.

The PA news agency examines the inquiries that have been opened since her death was found and why they are required.

A map that contrasts the precise position of the body discovered in the hunt for missing dog walker Nicola Bulley with the places where she was last seen and her phone was discovered has been made public.

Bulley was last seen walking down the towpath at Allotment Lane at about 9 a.m. on January 27. On Sunday, at about 11.35 a.m., the corpse was discovered in the River Wyre close to Rawcliffe Road.

The immediate vicinity where the mortgage advisor was last seen, the caravans at Wyreside Farm, and an abandoned house were all searched by police.

Yesterday, Nicola Bulley’s friends and former neighbors gathered in her hometown for a candlelit vigil.

More than three weeks after she was last seen, on January 27, the 45-year-body old’s was discovered in Lancashire’s River Wyre on Sunday.

After leaving off her two children at school, she vanished while taking her dog for a walk in Saint Michaels on Wyre.

At her native South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, the vigil started at 8 o’clock last night.

“There’s a lot of people that still live in the community who know Nicola or her sister Louise. The family is well known and even though they moved up north, they still hold a massive piece of all of our hearts.

“When Nicola went missing, we all felt so helpless being down south, but we all remained beside the family.”

The police watchdog has launched an investigation into a welfare check on Nicola Bulley carried out by Lancashire Police on 10 January, days before she was last seen.

An IOPC spokesperson said: “Following a referral by Lancashire Constabulary on 16 February we have started an independent investigation regarding contact the force had with Nicola Bulley on 10 January 2023.

“We were notified by the force that an officer attended the family home on that date as part of a welfare check.”

Yesterday, Nicola Bulley’s friends and former neighbors gathered in her hometown for a candlelit vigil.

A mile or so from where she was last seen on the river at St. Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, missing mother Nicola Bulley was eventually located on Sunday.

There are a lot of possibilities, according to experts, as to why Bulley may not have been discovered sooner.

“Although the area where she was found is just within the tidal section, I doubt she moved up and down the river very far,” a professor who studies rivers told The Telegraph. The professor, who did not want to be named, said he believed Bulley was most likely in the same spot throughout the search operation.

A street artist has created a mural to Nicola Bulley in the town where she grew up, South Woodham Ferrers in Essex.

Danny Bench, who has completed the mural, went to William de Ferrers School with Ms Bulley, and was friends with her sister, Louise Cunningham, who approved the work before he started.

He told The Mirror he took two days off work to do it.

Publication on Amazon of books about Nicola Bulley has prompted anger and accusations of profiteering.

Three books were briefly advertised on the site, before being taken down.

Leader of Wyre Council, Cllr Michael Vincent, branded them “nothing short of disgusting”, saying whoever wrote them was “capitalizing on her death”, the Lancashire Telegraph reported.

Others branded the books “shameful and beyond disrespectful”.

The family of Nicola Bulley has said they can let the mother of two “rest now”, as questions linger over why it took more than three weeks for her body to be discovered.

Ms Bulley’s body was pulled from the River Wyre in Lancashire on Sunday after the 45-year-old was last seen on January 27.

She had been walking her dog in St Michael’s on Wyre after dropping her daughters, aged six and nine, at school.

Lancashire Police called a press conference on Monday, where the force did not address the widespread criticism it had received for releasing some aspects of Ms. Bulley’s private life into the public domain.

Police also did not disclose why it took 23 days to find her body in the river.

A man who says he discovered Nicola Bulley claims he used his “gifts” as a “medium” to lead him to the missing mother’s body. Jason Rothwell, who describes himself as a spiritual medium, wrote on social media that “yes, it is me in the images in the media currently circulating”.

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