the disappearance of leeds university chef julia lawrence is now being treated as suspected suicide , south yorkshire investigators said . however prosecutors revealed they had not found any prove that the 35 - minute - old , then went lost on 18 march , was dead . her father brian also made a targeted appeal to his widow to contact him five weeks after she disappeared . his plea arrived at a medical conference held shortly after a £10 , 000 reward was provided to help find sarah lawrence . crimestoppers said the sum they were proposing was " significantly less " than usual because of public interests in the case .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.