Their plea came after Lancashire Police were criticised for disclosing that the 45-year-old mother of two suffered “some significant issues with alcohol” in the past, which had resurfaced over recent months.
“As a family, we were aware beforehand that Lancashire Police, last night, released a statement with some personal details about our Nikki.
The force has come under criticism after quickly ruling out foul play when Ms Bulley vanished after dropping off her daughters, aged six and nine, at school on January 27th in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire. Since she vanished, huge public and media interest has resulted in what police described as “false information, accusations and rumours” and an “unprecedented” search of both the river Wyre, downstream to Morecambe Bay and miles of neighbouring farmland.
“It’s normal in any missing person investigation that you obviously gather as much information at an early stage about the person in question, which is no different, and we did that with Paul. At that time, police would not be drawn further on the exact nature of Ms Bulley’s “individual vulnerabilities”.
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