UK UK - Claudia Lawrence, 35, Chef, York University, 18 March 2009 #14

[KateB]

Claudia Lawrence

Claudia Lawrence investigation
http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/13147

It is now six years since Claudia Lawrence disappeared without trace in York. Despite the intensive efforts of the police, the resolve of her heart-broken family and saturated media coverage, her sudden disappearance remains a mystery.

North Yorkshire Police's commitment and determination to solve the case and bring closure for Claudia's loved-ones, is undiminished by the passage of time.

Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn, head of the force's enhanced Major Crime Unit, is leading a comprehensive review of the original investigation.

This has been supported by national experts from other forces and agencies, including forensic specialists who recently completed a re-examination of Claudia's home on Heworth Road in York.

As a result of this work, Det Supt Malyn and his team have identified new lines of enquiry and fresh public appeals to pursue, as well as renewed appeals on previous key items of interest to the investigation.

Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Mason, Head of Crime for North Yorkshire Police, said: "The decision to focus and prioritise the efforts of the enhanced Major Crime Unit on this case and undertake a comprehensive review of the original investigation, is producing progressive results which we expect to continue over time."

Use our interactive map to explore these lines of enquiry and CCTV footage from the investigation. Zoom in and click the hotspots for more information:
Interactive map - Google My Maps
If you have any information that could assist the investigation, please contact North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 1, and pass details to the Force Control Room. Please quote "Claudia Lawrence" when passing on details.

The independent charity Crimestoppers has also lent its support by offering a £10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and charge. Callers can remain anonymous.

Please pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, quoting "Claudia Lawrence, North Yorkshire Police". Alternatively, go to www.crimestoppers-uk.org and fill in an Anonymous Online Form.

Timeline: http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/13193

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[Sillybilly]

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[Sillybilly]

This post lands at random.

Please stop the rudeness and personalizing and the petty sniping that's been going on in this discussion.

If you can't post politely, respectfully .. don't post.

 

[Vixey]

As I have followed the case for nearly two years, I do not know the reason for the Suv ruled out. I have read that after Galloway appeal for the owner, the day the person came forward it was ruled out by the evening time. How did they know that no one left the vehicle in the time it was parked up outside Claudias! To me it looks like more than one person inside and due to the timing and the sudden stop of Claudia using her mobile, It just seems very odd imo.

 

[Vixey]

As I have followed the case for nearly two years, I do not know the reason for the Suv ruled out. I have read that after Galloway appeal for the owner, the day the person came forward it was ruled out by the evening time. How did they know that no one left the vehicle in the time it was parked up outside Claudias! To me it looks like more than one person inside and due to the timing and the sudden stop of Claudia using her mobile, It just seems very odd imo. View attachment 285369View attachment 285370View attachment 285371View attachment 285372View attachment 285369View attachment 285370View attachment 285371View attachment 285372

Sorry no Idea why it has duplicated the images!

 

[keep-it-real]

As I have followed the case for nearly two years, I do not know the reason for the Suv ruled out. I have read that after Galloway appeal for the owner, the day the person came forward it was ruled out by the evening time. How did they know that no one left the vehicle in the time it was parked up outside Claudias! To me it looks like more than one person inside and due to the timing and the sudden stop of Claudia using her mobile, It just seems very odd imo. View attachment 285369View attachment 285370View attachment 285371View attachment 285372View attachment 285369View attachment 285370View attachment 285371View attachment 285372

This vehicle is still of key interest to me... remember Dai Malyn said we know people are lying to us.

So with this in mind I'm not so keen to discard its possible importance.

 

[Vixey]

This vehicle is still of key interest to me... remember Dai Malyn said we know people are lying to us.

So with this in mind I'm not so keen to discard its possible importance.

Yes I wonder If ruled out due to the vehicle being scrapped as no time for any tests If the same day! Police confirmed two regulars owned vehicles very similar Jim the landlord, but never named the other x

 

[keep-it-real]

Yes I wonder If ruled out due to the vehicle being scrapped as no time for any tests If the same day! Police confirmed two regulars owned vehicles very similar Jim the landlord, but never named the other x

Google Street walk Heworth road Aug 2008

Google Maps

Google Maps

 

[UKjester]

I have been trying to read through past posts but you will appreciate it is time consuming but fascinating.

Has anyone had the foresight to map the locations of CCTV cameras around CLs home?

I am sure she must have been able to be tracked to some degree from her returning home until the following day? Is the road covered in both directions? Cost cutter at one end and around Limes Court the other? Wasn’t it suggested one of the houses opposite CLs has a low quality camera in the window?
I wondered what routes could be taken to avoid being picked up by CCTV?

 

[Pinkizzy]

I'm sure the masts do track SIM's, and that was partly my point:

• A perpetrator might need to browse through Claudia's phone for information
• If a perpetrator had kept Claudias phone on with her SIM inserted; then the Police could track the phone
• I am sure that some information is stored on the phone and/or the SIM
• Therefore; could the perpetrator transferred all of the data within Claudia's phone onto the phone itself rather than Claudia's SIM
• Then, Claudia's SIM could have been removed from her phone and the perpetrator could have destroyed Claudia's SIM card.
• This could allow the perpetrator to put their own SIM in Claudia's phone. The data saved on Claudia's phone could then have been transferred to the perpetrator's SIM card that's being used inside Claudia's phone
• The data then could be looked at safely without being traceable on Claudia's phone. The data could be browsed through more easily on Claudia's phone. Furthermore; would you risk transferring data onto your own phone
• Claudia's phone could have been discarded at a later date, and the perpetrator could easily just keep the SIM

Thus; has the phone been kept on for so long because the activities involved with transferring data and obtaining a new SIM card, been problematic. Why wasn't the phone switched off earlier. It may be that the perpetrators have tried to confuse movements. However; would it not be a good idea to switch a phone off earlier, to eradicate knowledge of people's movements?

If the reason for Claudia's phone being left switched on for so long was in order to retrieve data from it. Then surely this points to the perpetrator/perpetrators knowing Claudia?

Why would a stranger need Claudia's phone to be switched on for so long? Surely they would not need anything from her phone. There is a chance they forgot to switch the phone off. But didn't several people try ringing Claudia? So; surely that would prompt a stranger to switch the phone off?

Ok.

I wonder whether Claudia switched off her phone at night. If she did, then she was alive the following morning to switch it on again. If she didn't switch off her phone then something happened to her that evening (18th). It's important to know her normal behaviour.

 

[Vixey]

Google Street walk Heworth road Aug 2008

Google Maps

Google Maps

Thanks KIR, Yes remember this vehicle! was just enjoying a look at the people and area as enjoy this x

 

[Pinkizzy]

I have been trying to read through past posts but you will appreciate it is time consuming but fascinating.

Has anyone had the foresight to map the locations of CCTV cameras around CLs home?

I am sure she must have been able to be tracked to some degree from her returning home until the following day? Is the road covered in both directions? Cost cutter at one end and around Limes Court the other? Wasn’t it suggested one of the houses opposite CLs has a low quality camera in the window?
I wondered what routes could be taken to avoid being picked up by CCTV?

I think there's a camera above the entrance to Limes Court, there's the camera that viewed the loiterer near Claudia's house and there's a camera that caught the car with the break lights in front of Claudia's house.

 

[Vixey]

I think there's a camera above the entrance to Limes Court, there's the camera that viewed the loiterer near Claudia's house and there's a camera that caught the car with the break lights in front of Claudia's house.

Quartz travel had a camera also x

 

[Pinkizzy]

Quartz travel had a camera also x

Yes, that's true

 

[UKjester]

Yes, that's true

So would there be a strong chance that CL or her abductor/s would have been captured on camera from 15:05 until..... where do you draw the line.
I assume that the pavements may not have been covered but most likely vehicle movements up and down the street would?

Had CL have set off on foot to work I would have expected her to have been seen on the post office camera? Surely NYP would have checked her route to and from work when her car was out of action.

The fact there are so many cameras dotted around her home makes this even stranger. It’s not as if it is a rural area.

I am aware a lot of this has probably been covered already so I best continue to read past posts.

 

[Vixey]

CCTV shows a silver car on the 18th/19th snd the 25th. Each time it stopped in a Lay-by for a couple of minutes! CCTV images of missing Claudia released by police for first time

 

[keep-it-real]

CCTV shows a silver car on the 18th/19th snd the 25th. Each time it stopped in a Lay-by for a couple of minutes! View attachment 285394View attachment 285395CCTV images of missing Claudia released by police for first time

At Uni on 18th

At Melrosegate PO Weds 18th

At Heworth Junction the evening of Weds 18th

Melrosegate PO Thur

 

[MEKON]

I have been trying to read through past posts but you will appreciate it is time consuming but fascinating.

Has anyone had the foresight to map the locations of CCTV cameras around CLs home?

I am sure she must have been able to be tracked to some degree from her returning home until the following day? Is the road covered in both directions? Cost cutter at one end and around Limes Court the other? Wasn’t it suggested one of the houses opposite CLs has a low quality camera in the window?
I wondered what routes could be taken to avoid being picked up by CCTV?

This makes a lot of sense; you would think that If Claudia had set off out of the front door and walked the normal route,then she would have been picked up on a camera somewhere

If she hasn't, could it mean:

• Claudia did actually spend the night away from her home; and got to this place, out of the coverage of CCTV
• Claudia unfortunately never left the immediate area
• Did Claudia arrange a lift and for some reason took the back alley route and met someone in the NH car park; and left the area via a 'blending in method'

 

[MEKON]

Ok.

I wonder whether Claudia switched off her phone at night. If she did, then she was alive the following morning to switch it on again. If she didn't switch off her phone then something happened to her that evening (18th). It's important to know her normal behaviour.

Maybe it would be worth then going into really small detail and finding out if Claudia used the alarm function on her phone to wake her up in the morning?

Also; does Claudia's model of phone still sound an alarm if it is switched off ?

 

[3ds&p]

Maybe it would be worth then going into really small detail and finding out if Claudia used the alarm function on her phone to wake her up in the morning?

Also; does Claudia's model of phone still sound an alarm if it is switched off ?

given that CL was computer illiterate, didn’t have a smart phone or computer didn’t use her phone for email or anything other than calling or texting (even pic shows her with a physical digital camera rather than her phone) I’m guessing it’s likely she didn’t use her phone as an alarm.