the killing of york university resident claudia laurence is now being treats as known suicide , central yorkshire investigators says . however detectives said they had not found any proof that the 35 - year - kid , who went missing on 18 march , was dead . her dad peter lawrence made a direct call to his widow to contact him two weeks after she disappeared . his plea come at a news assembly holds briefly after a £10 , 000 reward was offered to quickly uncover miss lawrence . crimestoppers claimed the sum they were offering was " significantly higher " than usual because of his opposition in the case .
Claudia Lawrence is 35 years old.