North Yorkshire Police vow not to give up on Claudia Lawrence and her family

North Yorkshire Police have vowed never to give up in the search for Claudia Lawrence, ten years after she went missing.

The investigation, which is a suspected murder case, has been ongoing since she was reported missing.

And with today marking the tenth anniversary of her disappearance, Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn, Head of the Cleveland and North Yorkshire Major Investigation Team, has vowed not to give up on both Claudia or her family.

He said: “Ten years ago today, on Wednesday 18th of March 2009, Claudia Lawrence was last seen alive in York.

“A decade on, North Yorkshire Police will never give up on Claudia and her family.

“Information is still regularly received and we will investigate any new leads.

“Most of the information we receive is from well-intentioned members of the public, but a lot of it is speculative and people with theories.

“The call we really want is the one that helps piece together the parts of the jigsaw we already know regarding her last movements and people she associated with and places frequented.

“It remains the case that we strongly suspect key and vital information is being withheld that could provide the breakthrough that we all want to see, not least Claudia’s heartbroken family.

“Unless we get information or intelligence to suggest that Claudia came to harm as a result of an opportunity taken by someone unconnected to her, me and the team still strongly believe the answer lies locally.

“As with some recent cold case successes, the breakthrough has come from the public and we still have confidence that this will be the case.

“This investigation has been made more difficult by the lack of CCTV in the vicinity of Claudia’s home, and data and information that we normally get from social media or phone and other passive data.

“Claudia didn’t have a social media profile nor did she use a smart phone. We know also that her mobile phone didn’t leave the area before it left the phone network.

“This again is a reason I don’t believe she fell victim to an attack by a stranger.

“Also we have no actual scene where something untoward may have happened to her despite fresh forensic assessments of her house, car and other locations.