the disappearance of york university chef claudia lawrence is now being treated as suspected murder , northwest yorkshire cops reported . however he said they had not found any sign that the 35 - year - american , who went vanished on 18 march , was responsible . her boyfriend peter lawrence made a directly application to his daughter to contact him five weeks after she disappeared . his verdict comes at a news conference held shortly after a £10 , 000 reward was given to come find girl howard . crimestoppers said the reward they were offering was " significantly higher " than usual because of government concern in the case .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.