the whereabouts of york university chef claudia lawrence is now being treated as accidental murder , north yorkshire policeman said . however doctors claim they had not found any confirmation that the 35 - year - aged , who ran missing on 18 july , was dead . her husband mark lawrence made a direct appealed to his daughter to contact him five weeks after she disappeared . his appeal came at a national conference holds months after a £10 , 000 reward was offered to help find mrs price . crimestoppers suggested the sum they were seeking was " significantly higher " than usual because of public interest in the mystery .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.