Investigators recovered a body from the River Wyre over the weekend.
The autopsy is now complete.
It is about Nicola Bulley (45), who has been missing for weeks.
Update from January 20, 7:05 p.m .:
In the case of the missing Nicola Bulley, the police in England found a body in the river over the weekend – near the place where she was last seen.
Now there is sad certainty.
According to Dailymail
, the police confirmed
on Monday that the body was Nicola Bulley.
In a statement, the family said Nicola Bulley was "the center of our world".
They would "never be able to fathom what Nikki went through in her final moments and that will never leave us," the family continued, according to the
Dailymail
.
The police had initially assumed that the woman had fallen into the river while walking.
The family of the mother of two also considered a kidnapping possible.
Nicola Bulley missing since January: police find body in river
First report:
St Michael's on Wyre - She has been missing since the end of January: After the mysterious disappearance of the Englishwoman Nicola Bulley (45) in the northwestern English town of St Michael's on Wyre, investigators have now made a horrifying discovery.
A body was discovered in the small river Wyre over the weekend, Lancashire police said on Sunday.
The body is still being identified.
There has been no trace of Nicola Bulley (45) since January 27th
The woman, from north-west England, was last seen on Friday January 27.
After taking her daughters, six and nine, to school, she would walk her dog, Willow, along the banks of the River Wyre.
She dialed into a conference call at 9 a.m. and was seen shortly afterwards by an acquaintance – then her trail was lost.
Her cell phone was found on a bench, still dialed into the conference call.
Her dog ran around abandoned.
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Englishwoman Nicola Bulley (45) has been missing since the end of January
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Missing Nicola Bulley: corpse discovery keeps England in suspense
Then the big search operation began: police officers combed the area, divers the river, tracking dogs and posters are used, all without result.
When searching, the police assumed that Bulley fell into the river while walking and drowned – unlike her family, who did not rule out that the mother of two had been kidnapped.
"Somebody has to know something," her sister Louise Cunningham told AFP.
"People don't just vanish into thin air."
It is not yet clear whether the body, which was recovered from the River Wyre over the weekend, is the missing 45-year-old.
The family of the missing has been informed.