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<\/p>\nA FORMER cop has revealed why he believes Claudia Lawrence's mysterious disappearance could still be solved.<\/p>\n
Chef Claudia, 35, vanished 14 years ago near her home in Heworth, York.<\/p>\n
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Although her body has never been found, North Yorkshire Police have been treating her disappearance as a murder investigation.<\/p>\n
Despite a string of theories over the years – including fears Claudia may have been trafficked to Amsterdam or moved to Cyprus – her disappearance remains a mystery.<\/p>\n
Now a former police inspector has told why he believes the case could be solved as he revealed key details.<\/p>\n
Martin Holleran told Vanished: The Search For Britain\u2019s Missing on Channel 5 how Claudia's last sighting on March 18, 2009, could be premature.<\/p>\n
He said: "Because there was no damage in the house, because the backpack was taken with her normal working clothes, I think the reality is, it's happened on the Thursday morning as opposed to the Wednesday night.<\/p>\n "My hypothesis, having looked at what's available, would suggest that somebody has picked her up on the Thursday morning."<\/p>\n Mr Holleran, now a visiting lecturer at Leeds Trinity University, also revealed crucial clues to back his theory.<\/p>\n He continued: "What's very interesting as well, is that a witness later came forward to say that they'd seen a male and female arguing by a car, at ten past six in the morning on Thursday 19th. And the passenger door was open.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "I think there could be a great deal of significance in that because it was in the right location, Claudia should've been in work at six o'clock. It was ten past six. that could be a very significant piece of evidence.<\/p>\n "The police have recognised that unless information comes in to them. There are very little avenues of investigation left open to them.<\/p>\n "I think there is somebody out there who does know something. I think there is somebody out there who's still got information, and I think this case could still be resolved."<\/p>\n Claudia was last seen after she finished work at the University of York's Goodricke College on the evening of March 18.<\/p>\n The alarm was raised two days later by her dad Peter<\/span> after friends said they had not heard from her.<\/p>\n Hundreds of officers were initially involved the search, which has cost more than \u00a31.5million, but the probe has been scaled back over the years.<\/p>\n Nine people have been arrested or interviewed under caution in connection with the investigation.<\/p>\n Police have also submitted files to the Crown Prosecution Service but there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.<\/p>\n As part of the investigation, officers probed her past, her relationships and her work life in a desperate bid to find her.<\/p>\n At one point, detectives believed she had been with 12 lovers over five years – including some who were married.<\/p>\n In 2019 – ten years after Claudia vanished – the cold case investigation looked into whether convicted killer Christopher Halliwell was involved.<\/p>\n Halliwell is currently serving life in jail for killing Sian O\u2019Callaghan, 22, and 20-year-old Becky \u00adGodden.<\/p>\n But officers revealed earlier this year it is "unlikely" the monster is connected to the disappearance.<\/p>\n Tragically, Claudia's dad died in February 2021 without ever finding out what happened to his daughter.<\/p>\n Her mum Joan has never given up hope her daughter is alive.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/newspress-collage-22037642-1681459445232.jpg\")
<\/picture>MUM'S PAIN <\/span><\/p>\nMy daughter was murdered by cabbie\u2026 I fear same monster killed Claudia Lawrence<\/h3>\n
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