Pictures show the final moment Nicola Bulley was captured on camera on the morning she died, as heartbreaking details of her death emerged at her inquest.
Seen wearing a long black coat, leggings and ankle boots and with her hair tied in a ponytail, Nicola - known to loved ones as Nikki - was seen getting in the car on what would have otherwise been a routine morning.Shortly later, the 45-year-old disappeared while on a work call as she took the family dog for a walk along the River Wyre in St Michaels on Wyre, Lancashire.
Despite previous struggles, the court heard she had been "full of beans" in the weeks before she disappeared, with coroner Dr James Adeley accepting she was not suicidal at the time.Following senior coroner Dr Adeley's verdict on Tuesday, Nikki's family released another statement describing her as a "brilliant mum and partner" who was "loved so very much".
"The last few months have been extremely tough to process for our family," they said in the statement read outside the coroners court.