Great thanks - I have seen some good maps on this thread that have been annotated that have then been deleted by mods and I wondered the reason why. Maybe it’s because they didn’t put MOO or JMO. Obviously with speculation you can’t put a source.
She could use her mobile or a smart watch for Strava.
I have walked the River where Libby was found and was even at the park where it all happened few months ago. I can tell you that the River Hull is a completely different river to what we see here. Its the type of River you NEVER should go in because you will die. Its a river where you cant even find fish because the water is too choked up with currents and thick mud. Literally if you get the water on your clothes it will be like entering a muddy puddle and rolling around.
Perhaps there is, but it has only been shared with the police & not made public.
Pictures of the area around the bench show that there’s a vertical drop into the water of a significant enough height that may deter a dog from entering, and look to be high enough that a dog would struggle to get out. So I think it’s quite plausible that NB wouldn’t have wanted the dog jumping in the water at that particular point on the walk. Even if it had nothing to do with the water, there’s various other plausible scenarios that could have resulted in NB dashing over to the edge of the river to attend to the dog - the dog looks like it’s trying to eat something it shouldn’t or roll in something unpleasant.
No very true I'd agree, but the dog knows that walk and goes there most days (according to NB partner quoted in MSM), so she wouldn't jump in off the deep end surely. Because if she'd ever tried that before, well if you had a dog who you walked a particular place practically daily and there was an area you knew was dangerous then you and dog would avoid there and an intelligent breed like Willow would remember that, surely. Just moo.
In the first thread for Nicola someone pointed out she was doing a charity walk during October which is likely why her strava walks were public. Similar to when she made her FB public for the fundraising originally. I wonder if she was still active on strava but not sharing her routes publicly anymore.
No, as Willow didn't go in the river. She was found bone dry, as reported in the press.
If you look on google maps theres limited locations you will find a camera. Its a quiet village so not many around
Well, her dog and her phone.
Very concisely put what I have interpreted too from the information. It’s worth adding that according to the second people who found willow Paul her partner had arrived at the location where the dog was and called 999 from there.My thoughts..
Ok so something happens and NB leaves...
Willow is left running around in field with lead and harness on.
Phone is on floor or bench.
First woman finds dog but has appointment so has to leave. Ties Willow to bench. Rings and raises alarm that dog is there.
Woman leaves. Dog gets out of harness leaving harness at bench. Possibly knocking phone on floor?
Couple arrive through gate woman goes to get dog that is now "agitated", man notices and picks up phone. Not tech savy but sees her picture on screen saver. Puts phone on bench. Phone calls are made. Police arrive finding phone and harness on bench. Looks like items just left there so assume she might of gone in river due to lack of clarity at the time. I also think something sadly bad has happened here
JMO- he may have come to that conclusion after the fact, since the 9:01 meeting he knows more information and knows that it wasn’t uncommon for her to walk her dog in the morning after the school run and that her last sighting was with the dog, that he has added that information afterwards despite not knowing it for sure at the time. JMO
