On her account, which has over 90,000 followers and over two million likes, she adds legitimacy to the ludicrous hypothesis using research published online, Google maps, and headlines from mainstream media about unrelated women discovered dead in the ocean across the nation.
As criminal psychologist Dr. Amanda Vicary puts it, “solving a mystery” has always piqued people’s curiosity, but thirty years ago these skills were unattainable.
The typical individual can look up photographs and videos related to different crimes, search social media accounts and other online databases, read through transcripts of interviews that are available online, and more—all from the comfort of their own home,” she tells News.
However, the amateur investigators took a break from their usual activities and headed to St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, to conduct their own investigations when the 45-year-old mother of two, Nicola Bulley, vanished while out for a walk with her dog.
The weeks before the mortgage adviser’s body was discovered in the river, during a thorough search and in the midst of international media attention, detectives said they were “inundated with false information, accusations, and rumours” that were “distracting” them.
