Nicola Bulley's Fitbit still gave a heart rate output for eight days after she drowned
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Fitbit watch Nicola Bulley was wearing still gave a heart rate output for eight days after she drowned, an inquest into her death has heard.The 45-year-old went missing after dropping her daughters at school and going on a dog walk on January 27 along the River Wyre in St Michael's, Lancashire.
Her phone was still connected to a Teams phone call with work and her dog Willow was found nearby.A huge search operation was launched and the mum of two's body was found in the river about a mile from the bench on February 19.The coroner's court was told today that she drowned after going into a cold water river and there is no evidence anyone else was involved in her death, the Mirror reports.Nicola's Fitbit was still attached to her wrist when she was found and is believed to have lost power on February 4 as no further data had been obtained beyond that point and when it was placed on charge it displayed that date.On January 27, between 8am and 9:30am, the Fitbit recorded 4,548 steps.
After 09.30, no further steps were recorded by the device. DC Keith Greenhalgh told the first day of the inquest at Preston's County Hall: "A possible explanation for Nicola's Fitbit continuing to provide [heart rate] output sporadically until 4 February could be a result of the movement of water passing between the device and Nicola's wrist. "Testing on intimate objects provided similar results when there was a movement in the water."DC Greenhalgh said he believes Nicola fell into the water between 9.18am and 9.30am.
He told the inquest analysis of her iPhone and Fitbit data suggests she "very possibly" entered the water at 9.22am on January 27.Drowning experts told the hearing entering into cold water can cause a victim to gasp and inhale
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