I’ve been following this closely and as far as has been released, no one saw nicola by the river. She was seen in the field by someone who interacted with her, the only thing that ties her to being next to the river is the phone and dog lead which could easily have been put there either with sinister intention or just found and placed somewhere they could be seen. There is zero actual proof that she was by the river at any point. The dog wasn’t found by the bench either from what I can gather, but a couple of roads away according to her friend.
A lot of the people currently saying it’s an accident and to accept that hypothesis would quickly change their tune if the police did another statement stating they have other suspicions.
From watching it all closely and as a psychologist I firmly believe the husband is connected somewhere. I couldn’t tell you why, there’s just something I cannot put my finger on about him and his body language /choice of words. I am happy to be proven wrong and will accept it when there’s viable proof that this is a tragic accident, but as it stands I’m yet to see any proof of that beyond the police saying it’s their ‘belief’.