LONDON: The tragic case of a British woman’s disappearance and death has shone a disturbing light on the rise of so-called online sleuths and amateur detectives who believe they can do the police’s job.
When mortgage adviser Nicola Bulley, 45, went missing in late January — apparently vanishing “into thin air”, leaving her phone on a bench still dialled into a work call — the initial news coverage was low-key.
