The disappearance of Nicola Bulley

DJMK4 said:
In murder cases this is done by low level forensics at the scene
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It wasn't and isn't a murder investigation. It's neither practical nor proportionate to do in-depth forensics on every misper case, there are thousands of people reported missing every day and treating each one like a potential crime would completely consume what little resources the police and other services have available.
 
TheVoice said:
It wasn't and isn't a murder investigation. It's neither practical nor proportionate to do in-depth forensics on every misper case, there are thousands of people reported missing every day and treating each one like a potential crime would completely consume what little resources the police and other services have available.
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The problem is that many things the police said at the start weren't true.

They claimed that no other person was involved in this 'missing person' case, when that was clearly said without checking anything.

They claimed all the paths in and out were covered by cctv cameras when that wasn't true.. and its only recently they have even requested cctv footage, only to find some of the cameras weren't working.
 
well they probably wanted to avoid any panic, or people making 5 with the Carrik/cousins, just protecting lines of enquiry.
(... the stabbed teenager has now evolved into trans vigils, does that help the community )
 
DJMK4 said:
In murder cases this is done by low level forensics at the scene, did they try and scrape the area for DNA around where the phone was found? Footprints ? If it was wet someone must have been able to destinguish between a fresh footprint and one that had been there say 4-5 days ? Any clothing that may have got caught on something ?

If it is foul play and she is found somewhere and maybe the police have a weak lead on a suspect but want to strengthen it they are going to need that evidence , early evidence
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You are not going to be able to do 'low level' forensics on an outside scene where you really don't have much of an idea what you need to look at and for what.

Even the 'mainstream' (not low copy number which is what I assume you are talking about) DNA profiling method currently in use, DNA-17, is very sensitive and as such extensive precautions have to be undertaken to prevent cross contamination. DNA techniques are useful where you clearly know what you are looking at - a item of clothing, blood splatter, something handled by someone. Such techniques are not suitable for examining whole areas of ground. You generally need a swab taken from a discrete area to test.

Footprints are generally only useful if you have something to compare then with and on a tow path, which I assume gets a reasonable amount of foot traffic, it would not be possible to do anything meaningful.

Forensic use of footprints is useful in circumstances where you have a small area to examine with clear footprint where you would not expect a mark to be left normally (say at the back of a flower bed under a window that was a broken as a point of entry for an offence) and suspect arrested with the footwear obtained for comparison.

How on earth do people imagine you are going to protect what would presumably would need to be a large stretch of river bank from the elements whilst you slowly inch along it looking at any apparent footprints?

And what effect do people imagine this would have on other lines of enquiry that could not be progressed until the 'footprint sweep' had been completed?

And again lets say you recover some footprint impressions... what are you going to do with them?
 
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Lysander said:
At last, aliens!!

Failing that, I don't think anything of worth is going to come out of it.
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Yeah I'll be suprised if anything comes out of it to be honest, unless some massive new evidence comes to light, I think she's totally gone, maybe out in the ocean somewhere :(
 
bainbridge said:
There isn't any evidence that I can think of to suggest that she didn't end up falling into the river for some reason, and being swept out to sea.

Setting aside all the speculation, this is probably what happened.
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Yeah - it's the only theory that makes any sense considering the circumstances.
 
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Ayahuasca said:
Honestly, wouldn't be surprised if someone has just planted that there in the hopes the story would get picked up. There have been loads of people visiting the area.

Or, the more likely possibility, simply a glove another walker has dropped, happens all the time...
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For sure, people are strange.
 
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