the disappearance of bradford university chef claudia , is now being treated as suspected murder , north yorkshire police said . however detectives saying they had not found any testimony that the 35 - year - girl , who was missing on 18 march , was dead . her husband peter lawrence offered a direct appeal to his daughter to contact him five weeks after she disappeared . his plea came at a news event . shortly after a £10 , 000 deal was offering to go find miss lawrence . crimestoppers claims the payment they were receiving was " far higher " than expected because of public curiosity in the incident .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.