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Supt Sally Riley, who is heading the search, told reporters: "Our main working hypothesis is that Nicola has suddenly fallen into the river, that there's no third party or criminal involvement, and that this is not suspicious but a tragic case of a missing person.
Locals have described the river bank as being "very slippy", and in an appeal to volunteers police described it as "treacherous".
"There may have been an issue with the dog that led her to the water's edge, she puts her phone down to go and deal with the dog momentarily, and Nicola may have fallen in.
"We assume the dog didn't get into the river, but we don't know why Nicola may have if she did."
It is possible that she was trying to retrieve a ball, the detective said.
Given they have no body and can't account for, what, 25 minutes, how on earth is their main working hypothesis that there's no third party or criminal involvement?
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Her father, Ernest, told The Mirror: "I asked the Sergeant from Fleetwood a few days ago, 'is there any chance of her being taken' and she said 'I don't think that's the case'.
"I said 'how can you know that?', it's such an isolated area, the only way that has happened is if it was someone who knew her."
The more I read on this, the more it stinks.