The weekslong search for Nicola Bulley, a 45-year-old woman who vanished while walking her dog in a small English village, came to an end Monday when police confirmed her body was found.
But the intense debate set off by the case — and the surrounding circus in national and social media — may just be beginning.
The mortgage adviser disappeared Jan. 27 after dropping off her two daughters at school and taking the family’s dog for a riverside walk in St. Michael’s on Wyre, in northeast England.
The only clues were her mobile phone, discovered on a bench near the river by a local dog walker, and the family’s dog, Willow, running off its leash with its owner nowhere in sight.
The mysterious disappearance drew the attention of an army of online sleuths, many of whom descended on the small village to pursue leads based off social media speculation. The investigation’s twists also fueled a national conversation about privacy, sexism and police treatment of women.
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