'Human mole' in Nicola Bulley hunt probed 'Spy in the bag' and April Jones cases
The forensic search specialist leading the hunt for missing mum Nicola Bulley is an expert who previously probed the "Spy in the bag" case and the murder of April Jones.
Peter Faulding and his team of divers have been brought in to help find the woman, who has been missing since Friday, January 27.
She dropped her two children at school in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire before going for a walk with her dog and vanishing near the River Wyre.
Despite not having found any evidence of this, police think the missing mum slipped or fell into the river.
Mr Faulding, from the specialist search group, said that if Ms Bulley is in the river, he will find her "in minutes".
Nicola Bulley's children 'cried their eyes out' after being told 'mummy's lost'
Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27 (Lancashire Police / SWNS)
Nicola Bulley with her partner Paul Ansell (Facebook)Yesterday, he said: "I have just had a long call with the Lancashire Police search adviser to discuss the search for Nicola. We will work closely with the police search teams who are working long hours to find Nicola.
"The team are leaving shortly from our base in Dorking on route to Lancashire to start tomorrow morning. #NicolaBulley".
The expert, who calls himself a "human mole", has successfully located human remains and helped solve several cold cases.
During his career, he has also trained military members and police search advisers in the UK.
Mr Faulding is a search expert (PA)
During his career, Mr Faulding worked on major cases (PA)Mr Faulding also acted as a guest instructor with the US Secret Service, FBI and American military.
His career took off in 1996 when he worked to safely remove environmental protesters from man-made tunnels under the proposed route of the Newbury Bypass.
One of the biggest searches he worked on was the hunt for five-year-old April Jones, who was abducted and killed in 2012.
Peter Faulding, pictured, begins aiding the search for missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley (James Maloney/LancsLive)A vast search began after April's abduction and then-Prime Minister David Cameron even launched a personal appeal.
Hundreds of volunteers participated in the search along with various police and rescue teams, but April's body was never located.
Mark Bridger, a 46-year-old local man, was arrested and eventually convicted of her murder.
Mum appeared 'completely normal' moments before vanishing while walking dog
April Jones was abducted and killed in 2012 (PA)Described as a "pathological liar" and "paedophile" by the judge, he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order which means he will never be released.
Although her body was never found, 17 fragments of bone were recovered from the fireplace in Bridge's cottage.
Mr Faulding also assisted with the cases of Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin and the mysterious death of "Spy in the bag".
The naked body of MI6 spy Gareth Williams, 31, was found in a North Face holdall with the zips padlocked on the outside and the key inside with his corpse at his flat in Pimlico, London, a week after he was last seen alive.
Gareth Williams at Holland Park Tube station on August 14, 2010 (PA)In 2013, the Metropolitan Police concluded the GCHQ codebreaker's death was "probably an accident" and closed the case, but his family suspect he was murdered and a corner said he was probably unlawfully killed.
The spy's £500 iPhone had all of its data wiped on August 15, 2010, the day he was last seen alive on CCTV and hours before he is believed to have died.
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