Earlier today, Lancaster police confirmed that a body had been discovered in the River Wyre near where Nicola Bulley went missing.
Dive specialist Peter Faulding and his team spent three days searching the river before abandoning their search, claiming that Nicola was not in the river.
During their search, Faulding of specialist search firm Specialist Group International (SGI) used high-powered sonar.
In an interview with the Daily Express, the 60-year-old stated that after getting to know the ‘wonderful and devoted’ family, he has become emotionally invested in this case.
He said: “I know the area of the River Wyre where the body was found was full of reed beds and that may solve the riddle of where the body has been, as my sonar was searching along the river bed and we could not see her.
“I know hand on heart that for those three days, my team, and for the three weeks the police were repeatedly searching up and down that river, we did all we could to find her.
“But the complication of the tidal aspect of that area cannot be underestimated and you can never be 100% certain where a body will move to.”
He reiterated that police also thoroughly searched the river bank, claiming that the walker discovered the body by chance.
