Police divers have been carrying out further investigations in the river where missing Nicola Bulley was found.
A team of officers from Lancashire Police revisited the River Wyre following a request from the coroner, who is due to hold an inquest into the 45-year-old’s death later this year.
The mother of two vanished while walking her dog along the river bank close to St Michael’s on Wyre on the morning of January 27.
She had earlier dropped her daughters at school and her disappearance sparked a huge search operation and intense media and public interest.
It subsequently emerged that she had been remotely logged into a Zoom meeting just before she disappeared.
There was speculation she may have fallen into the river while trying to rescue her pet dog Willow, but a witness who found the dog a short time later reported that it was “bone dry”.
Police divers and specialists from a private firm scoured the river for three weeks but found no trace of her, leading to speculation that there may have been another explanation for her disappearance.
Cause of death not confirmed
Her body was eventually discovered 23 days after she disappeared. It was lodged among undergrowth in the river around a mile downstream from where she was last seen alive.
The cause of death has not been confirmed.
Last week, a police dive team was spotted scouring the area close to where it is believed she may have entered the water.
The officers spent several hours wading around in the fast-flowing water and appearing to check the direction and flow of the current.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said in a statement: “We can confirm we are carrying out some work on the direction of HM coroner.”
An inquest into Ms Bulley’s death is due to be held on June 26 at County Hall in Preston.