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New CCTV footage of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence has been released by police as the first anniversary of her disappearance approaches. | New CCTV footage of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence has been released by police as the first anniversary of her disappearance approaches. |
The images show Miss Lawrence, 35, leaving her work at York University and walking home on Melrosegate on 18 March 2009, the day she was last seen. | |
North Yorkshire Police have also issued CCTV of a car they want to trace. | North Yorkshire Police have also issued CCTV of a car they want to trace. |
Det Supt Ray Galloway appealed for fresh information on the BBC's Crimewatch programme on Thursday night. | |
He said: "The last 11 months primarily have been the team putting together what is really a comprehensive but it's definitely an incomplete profile of Claudia and her movements and the people that she knows." | |
Suspected murder | |
Mr Galloway said detectives had travelled as far as Cyprus and southern Ireland to trace people Miss Lawrence was a friend of or who had been in a relationship with. | |
He said: "But frustratingly we are also finding even recently, only last week, people who are on Claudia's route to work in Melrosegate are waiting for the police to come to them and when we knock on their door they expressed that. | |
"My appeal tonight is please, if you were in that area on the 19th March between 5am and 6am please come forward." | |
Miss Lawrence's disappearance is being treated as suspected murder. | Miss Lawrence's disappearance is being treated as suspected murder. |
The newly-released footage contains the last-known images captured of Miss Lawrence alive. | |
Police say the silver car was seen on Miss Lawrence's route to work | |
She is seen leaving work about 1430 GMT on 18 March and walking to her home in Heworth. | She is seen leaving work about 1430 GMT on 18 March and walking to her home in Heworth. |
The alarm was raised when the university chef failed to arrive for her work the following morning. | The alarm was raised when the university chef failed to arrive for her work the following morning. |
The footage of the silver car, dated 25 March, 2009, shows a silver vehicle being driven along Melrosegate in York. | The footage of the silver car, dated 25 March, 2009, shows a silver vehicle being driven along Melrosegate in York. |
The same car was also captured in the same location - the route Miss Lawrence walked to work - on 18 and 19 March. | The same car was also captured in the same location - the route Miss Lawrence walked to work - on 18 and 19 March. |
Detectives want to identify the make and model of the vehicle to eliminate the driver and occupants to help with the investigation. | Detectives want to identify the make and model of the vehicle to eliminate the driver and occupants to help with the investigation. |
The investigation into her disappearance has included numerous appeals for information and an ongoing campaign by her father, Peter Lawrence. | |
Mr Lawrence, 63, also spoke on the Crimewatch programme. | |
He said: "It's Claudia's 36th birthday on Saturday and of course for the past 35 birthdays she's been with us so it's a very difficult time." | |
Mr Lawrence will mark the eve of her 36th birthday on 27 February by holding an awareness day in York on Friday. | |