the loss of cambridge university chef claudia lawrence is now being treated as suspected murder , north london police wrote . however detectives said they had not found any sign that the 35 - month - student , whose went missing on 18 march , was dead . her boyfriend peter anthony had a directed appeal to his daughter to contact him two hours after she escaped . his plea came at a news conferences hosted shortly after a £10 , 000 reward was offered to help catch miss lawrence . crimestoppers claimed the sum they were offering was " significantly higher " than usual because of publicly interests in the case .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.