35-year-old Claudia Lawrence, of York, went missing 11 years ago About Claudia Claudia Elizabeth Lawrence was born in Malton, North Yorkshire on 27th February 1974. This campaigning eventually succeeded with the passing of "The Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017" which was introduced to Parliament as a Private Members' Bill. His vision is to create chronic health as the new normal instead of chronic disease and to bring holistic health education into the school curriculum. I don't know whether all four men got together to kill her, or if one killed her and the other three know about it or what, but I think it is one of those cases where police know but can't do anything. This comment has been removed by the author. She supports the Missing People charity and makes her telephone number available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to support others who have missing loved ones. Lawrence was normally a prolific user of her Samsung D900 mobile phone, so Cooper was surprised when she was unable to attract a response. Lawrence had previously arranged to meet her friend Suzy Cooper at The Nag's Head that night. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Picture credit: The investigation into what happened to Claudia Lawrence began, there was apppeals and missing posters everywhere. University chef Ms Lawrence was last seen at 15:05 on Wednesday 18. From there they continued their search onto a wooded area not far from this site. Nobody wanted to talk, a number of them were married and obviously they didn't want their wives to find out. Here you will find many cases covering serial killers to deadly cults, obsessed stalkers & beyond I hope you find it all interesting I post on Sunday evenings so I hope you will join me For all enquiries, come say hello at jocaledoniankitty@gmail.com, Please help support my content (I'm a one woman show!) Claudia Lawrence's disappearance sparked a long running and high profile missing person case by North Yorkshire Police. The newspapers however took a drastic turn from being sympathetic to trashing Claudia's private life. I hoped that she would be found safe and well. We pay for your stories! Detectives soon began to favour this explanation. There was a theory that Claudia may have had some trouble with one of the married men, maybe threatened to tell someone's wife or maybe the wife found out? That Lawrence had been the victim of a person known to her. I dont believe they were as close of friends as a few of them make out to have been. Distraught Joan Lawrence, 76, said it was impossible for cops to investigate convicted killer Halliwell with "such a small amount of money". The Secret Life of Claudia Lawrence?: What really happened? Also, all of her belongings were found untouched in her house, so its highly unlikely that she had been planning something. This particular case is well-known in the UK and probably all over the world as well. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Malyn said the investigation had so far been hindered by a lack of CCTV around Lawrences home, as well as the fact that she had neither a smartphone nor a social media profile when she vanished. She was raised in the Hewton area of York by her father Peter Lawrence, a solicitor, and mother Joan. Available on Amazon as paperback or audible. This account already exists. None of them wanted to be dragged into the case either. March 19 - Miss Lawrence's father, Peter, contacts North Yorkshire Police after his daughter fails to keep an arrangement to meet a friend at the Nags Head pub. Any information we glean will be passed to the police. The only lead in this respect is some unknown male DNA on a cigarette found in her car. (Peter Lawrence with his daughter Claudia. The route from her home to place of work was checked at an early stage and no trace of her was found. They arrested four men a couple years back in suspicion of murder but stated that they ran into "a lack of cooperation from witnesses". On the eve of the 12th anniversary, Martin Dales, a friend of Mr Lawrence, said: Despite the exhaustive efforts of Claudias late father Peter, family and friends, and North Yorkshire Police, there are still no answers and it is tragic that Peter has died not knowing what has happened to her. I pray shes found alive though. Also, we have no actual scene where something untoward may have happened to her despite fresh forensic assessments of her house, car and other locations.. That meant the house was pretty much the same Dna-collection-wise as it was when Claudia went missing. Click here to upload yours, Loose Women star lined up to be Strictly's first contestant in wheelchair, GMB's Kate Garraway reveals crippling cost of caring for her husband Derek, Stephen Bear 'broke behind bars' as his company is shut down before he's jailed, Mum identified after dead baby is found on heathland, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. She was employed as a chef at the University of York's Goodricke College at the time of her disappearance. I think he disposed of the body in one of the building sites in York, or on somewhere on the Yorkshire Moors. The date was said to be significant to wannabe serial killer Halliwell whose former garden in Swindon was dug up by cops in the search for more victims. A year after her disappearance, her best friend Suzy Cooper appealed for help, saying: "We want it to end. Update in the Claudia Lawrence case. Claudia and Ali were obsessed with horses growing up and each of them had a pony which they adored. (Claudia (far right) with her sister Ali (left) and mum Joan (centre). Its been over ten years since the 35-year-old woman who worked as a Chef at the University of York mysteriously disappeared. Claudia Elizabeth Lawrence (born 27 February 1974) is an English woman who was last seen and heard from on 18 March 2009. It is notable that OCallaghan was murdered by Halliwell on 19 March 2011 and her body was concealed. She was probably going to see someone that night. Claudia Lawrence police launch new search in gravel pits eight miles Cooper attempted to contact Lawrence again on the morning of 20 March, but again without success. Maybe someone will finally step forward and say something! Investigators were able to trace some more information from her phone (which was still missing) and established that she had spent a lot of time in a place called Acomb (which is another area of York) in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. Yeah, basically this. March 18 - Miss Lawrence speaks with her parents over the phone and, at 8.23pm, sends her friend a text. In recent years there have been an average of around 3,500 missing persons reports per year in the NYP area. dug up by cops in the search for more victims. CLAUDIA Lawrence disappeared a decade ago, sparking a 1million manhunt with cops pouring through phone records and more than 2,500 statements. She was pursuing a degree in liberal studies at that time and looked forward to having a wonderful time in college. Answers to find Claudia Lawrence lie in York, police say I went to University in York and I think I was in my final year when she went missing. Using what were described as "advanced techniques not available in 2009",[30] the MCU found additional fingerprints and a man's DNA on a cigarette end in her car. If there was foul play, I guess the guilty one was someone she knew, perhaps also a Local just like her. Joan Lawrence, is 76 and lives alone in North Yorkshire. Unless we get information or intelligence to suggest that Claudia came to harm as a result of an opportunity taken by someone unconnected to her, me and the team still strongly believe the answer lies locally. How we can find what happened to Claudia Elizabeth Lawrence and bring her killers to justice. So the thing that gets me is that with todays phones, you can see pretty much EXACTLY where that phone is and maybe where its been historically down to feet. Police believe Miss Lawrence who was last seen on March 18 2009 has been murdered, although no body has ever been discovered. Im not sure what it was about Claudia that caught the public attention so much but, unfortunately, I dont think shes alive and probably wasnt for very long after going missing. The suspects had all been regular customers of The Nag's Head. In another sinister bit of information on this case, every year since 2009, someone has been placing a wreath on Claudia's doorstep. He complained that the police had excavated a section of the cellar floor of his pub. Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368 . [13] NYP received over 1,200 calls offering information. Like the rest of the public at the time, I read the news articles and watched the Crimewatch reports and I saw how some of the public's interest in the case went from sympathetic to lacking interest. Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence - Wikipedia One Sky News journalist stated, "Claudia apparently lived a significant part of her life in secret. [45] In 2018 highly-regarded miscarriage of justice organisation Inside Justice investigated the Razzell case (and the alleged links to Halliwell) as part of a BBC documentary, Conviction, but it concluded that the conviction was safe and stated there was nothing linking Halliwell to the crime other than speculation. The public was gripped by the whole situation. The two women discussed celebrating the forthcoming Mother's Day. [37] The NYP complained about a lack of co-operation from witnesses. He said: If you know something that could help us find Claudia, or those involved in her disappearance and suspected murder, please come forward. Lawrence's handbag containing her purse, bank cards and passport was in the house. Both of Halliwells victims died on the 19th. I don't think Christopher Halliwell is linked to this case at all. Her parents say they dont know anything about that. The Unsolved Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence - YouTube Galloway indicated that the probable explanation for Lawrence's disappearance lay in her lifestyle, principally in the "complexity and mystery" of her relationships with men. Her father, Peter is a solicitor and her mother, Joan is a stay at home housewife. Wow, I didnt know that she started to distance herself from those friends and picked a new place to hang out at its really odd. I think theres a pact going on between a group of her friends and this is the reason as to why no sign of Claudia or no evidence has been found. He said: If you know something that could help us find Claudia, or those involved in her disappearance and suspected murder, please come forward. Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. The new law became popularly known as "Claudia's Law".[52]. "I will do everything in my power to ensure people keep searching for my beloved and precious daughter.". In his 2017 book, Catching a Serial Killer: My hunt for murderer Christopher Halliwell, Stephen Fulcher, the senior investigating officer in the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, suggests there are similarities between the Lawrence and O'Callaghan cases. Picture credit: It didn't help matters when the investigators kept saying that she had a ''secret life''. I tend to think that something happened between 10PM and midnight on the 18-th of March, 2009. It was considered likely that her killer was a local man known to her. Mr Fox, who took charge of the investigation in October following the retirement of Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn, said: Today, on the 12th anniversary of her disappearance, our hearts go out to Claudias loved ones. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. Joan Lawrence has spoken to Sky News on the tenth anniversary of her daughter's disappearance. The fact the they also arrest groups means they probably have a really good idea of what happened but dont want to release too much information to the public. The date 19 March figures in a number of these cases and this date is believed to have had some significance to Halliwell. [42] Ground-penetrating radar equipment and cadaver dogs were used in the search. This possibility was eventually dismissed. "Disappointing news though this is for Claudias family, we have not given up hope, and I do believe that one day we will be able to tell them what happened to Claudia.". Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. This aspect of her lifestyle would later cause some media speculation and would also influence the police investigation of her disappearance. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. During the course of the evening Lawrence spoke to both her father and mother on her mobile phone. Peter then entered Claudia's home using his own key in company with George Forman. [49][50] In regard to Halliwell's possible involvement Lawrence's mother stated "The police may not have proved he had anything to do with my daughters disappearance, but they havent disproved it either". Around 3pm she was recorded on CCTV passing a shop in Melrosegate near her home and was seen by a neighbour. You will notice that in this post I talk about Claudia very much in the present tense this is because I feel that it would be disrespectful to talk about her in the past tense. Officers are currently investigating a popular fishing spot near York as part. [7] Lawrence told her mother she was at home and that she planned to retire early since she would have to rise before 5am next day in order to walk to work, her car being under repair. The call we really want is the one that helps piece together the parts of the jigsaw we already know regarding her last movements and people she associated with and places frequented, he added. Awesome post loved it! Other theories include human trafficking, possibly being a victim of. Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? *edited as she did have her purse with her. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.