the disappearance of york university student claudia lawrence is now being treated as suspicious death , which leeds police stated . however detectives said they had not found any proof that the 35 - year - older , who gone missing on 18 march , was dead . her husband peter lawrence made a direct appeal to his solicitor to telephone him four weeks after she disappeared . his plead came at a newspaper conference holds shortly after a £10 , 000 prize was offered to help find miss lawrence . crimestoppers claimed the sum they were accepting was " significantly greater " than usual because of public interest in the case .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.