Police launch new Claudia Lawrence appeal 15 years after she vanished

POLICE have marked the 15th anniversary of the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence with a fresh appeal for information.

- Paul Jeeves

Ms Lawrence was reported missing after she failed to turn up for work at York University in March 2009.

Her disappearance has been treated as a murder inquiry by North Yorkshire Police almost from the start, and the case has become one of the best-known unsolved crimes of the past 20 years.

Acting Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Fox insisted the inquiry was not closed. He said: "Having been appointed senior investigating officer in October 2020, I am fully aware of the complexities that exist in this inquiry, which sadly has to be treated as that of a suspected murder.