SUELLA Braverman has hit out at Lancashire Police chiefs, admitting she "wasn't wholly satisfied" with their justification for releasing personal information about Nicola Bulley.
The comment comes as police searching for the missing mum yesterday found a body less than a mile from where she vanished in January.
This morning the Home Secretary said she has serious "concerns" about the investigation, which has gripped the nation's attention.
Ms Braverman met with Lancashire Police's chief constable to ask why the force revealed Nicola had issues with drinking, which had been “brought on by her ongoing struggles with the menopause”.
"I want to put on record my deepest thoughts and sympathies for the family of Nicola Bulley, it must be a horrendous experience that they are going through right now," Ms Braverman said.
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"We need to let the police carry out and conclude their investigation. I did have concerns earlier in the week about some of the elements relating to the release of personal information of Nicola Bulley into the public domain.
"I raised those concerns with the chief constable – I wasn't wholly satisfied, I have to say, with some of the responses I got but it is a matter for the police themselves.
"We must just let the investigation conclude, and then we will see what the investigations and inquiries come back with."
Nicola, 45, was last seen in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, at around 9.15am on January 27.
Her disappearance sparked a mystery after her mobile was found on a bench still connected to a work conference call.
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Lancashire Police have been accused of running a bungled investigation, which has taken weeks to yield results.
Detectives divulged 45-year-old Nicola was classed as a “high risk” missing person the moment partner Paul Ansell reported her disappearance on January 27.
At a press conference last week they said her issues with drinking had been “brought on by her ongoing struggles with the menopause”.
And they even said police had been sent to Nicola’s house weeks before she vanished.
This morning a man was sat on a wall next to the River Wyre when the discovery of a body was made in the undergrowth.
He appeared ashen-faced as he pointed out the area along the bank to police.
He was heard telling a first responder on the scene: “It was a body. It is down there.
"It was a body of a woman. There is definitely a body down there.”
Officers immediately sealed off a nearby road and a police helicopter hovered overhead.
Divers then entered the water after the alarm was raised.
Cops confirmed they had recovered a body from the river on Sunday morning.
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It has not been confirmed to be the 45-year-old but a formal identification process in underway.
The death is currently being treated as "unexplained".
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