the disappearance of york university lecturer claudia lawrence is now being treated as suspected murder , north yorkshire police said . however he said they had not found any proof that the 35 - year - old , who gone missing on 18 march , was dead . her father michael lawrence made a direct appeals to his daughter to contact him five fridays after she disappeared . his defence came at a public session formed shortly after a £10 , 000 award was agreed to better find miss lawrence . crimestoppers claims the money they were offer was " significantly higher " than anticipated because of public involvement in the case .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.