the suicide of york student chef claudia lawrence is now being treated as potential homicide , north yorkshire police said . however detectives says they had not provided any clues that the 35 - year - teenager , who went missing on 18 march , was dead . her fiance peter lawrence made a direct appeal to his daughter to contact him five weeks after she disappeared . his request came at a broadcast conference hold shortly after a £10 , 000 compensation was offered to help find sarah lawrence . crimestoppers claim the ransom they were seeking was " significantly higher " than usual because of public interest in the case .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.