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Claudia Lawrence disappearance: New clues found in home and car | Claudia Lawrence disappearance: New clues found in home and car |
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Detectives searching for missing York chef Claudia Lawrence say they have new lines of inquiry but no prime suspect. | Detectives searching for missing York chef Claudia Lawrence say they have new lines of inquiry but no prime suspect. |
North Yorkshire Police say her mobile phone was deliberately turned off on the day after she disappeared in 2009. | North Yorkshire Police say her mobile phone was deliberately turned off on the day after she disappeared in 2009. |
Unidentified fingerprints have been found in her house and a man's DNA found on a cigarette end in her car. | Unidentified fingerprints have been found in her house and a man's DNA found on a cigarette end in her car. |
Detectives have said they think she was murdered and an appeal is to be shown on Crimewatch on Wednesday evening. | Detectives have said they think she was murdered and an appeal is to be shown on Crimewatch on Wednesday evening. |
North Yorkshire Police's new major crime unit has been assessing the case and carried out new forensic work and searches at her home on Heworth Road. | North Yorkshire Police's new major crime unit has been assessing the case and carried out new forensic work and searches at her home on Heworth Road. |
Police said they found the additional fingerprints using "advanced techniques" not available in 2009. | Police said they found the additional fingerprints using "advanced techniques" not available in 2009. |
Det Supt Dai Malyn, head of the unit, said: "We are keen to eliminate people who have been inside Claudia's home before and after her disappearance." | Det Supt Dai Malyn, head of the unit, said: "We are keen to eliminate people who have been inside Claudia's home before and after her disappearance." |
The detective said Miss Lawrence's hair straighteners appeared to be missing from her home. | |
"From our inquiries, it is doubtful that she would take them to work in her blue and grey Karrimor bag, which has also never been found," he said. | |
The investigation team still believe Claudia's silver Samsung D900 mobile phone was deliberately turned off by someone at about 12:10 GMT on Thursday, 19 March 2009. | The investigation team still believe Claudia's silver Samsung D900 mobile phone was deliberately turned off by someone at about 12:10 GMT on Thursday, 19 March 2009. |
Mr Malyn added: "Further analysis of Claudia's mobile phone, particularly cell site activity, also shows she was in the Acomb area of York in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. | Mr Malyn added: "Further analysis of Claudia's mobile phone, particularly cell site activity, also shows she was in the Acomb area of York in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. |
"We believe she may have been socialising with a person or persons. | "We believe she may have been socialising with a person or persons. |
"If this is something a person wants to discuss with us sensitively, we can deal with that in a discreet manner using trained officers." | "If this is something a person wants to discuss with us sensitively, we can deal with that in a discreet manner using trained officers." |
Mr Malyn said another new strand of the inquiry was focused on tracing a man who told staff in a Co-op store at Tang Hall in York that he knew Miss Lawrence or used to work with her. | |
This was on 1 April 2009, about 10 days after she was reported missing, said Mr Malyn. | |
The detective also said a DNA profile of a man had been established from a cigarette end found in Miss Lawrence's "green-blue" Vauxhall Corsa, which was being repaired at a local garage at the time she disappeared. | |
Mr Malyn said the DNA profile did not relate to any man who had yet come forward. | |
He added it was reasonable to consider whether there was a link between this man and an individual spotted by a witness known throughout the five-year investigation as the "left-handed smoker". | |
This man was seen smoking with a woman on Melrosegate Bridge in York at about 05:35 GMT on 19 March 2009, when Miss Lawrence would have been walking to work. | |
Mr Malyn said neither the man or the woman had been traced despite repeated appeals. | |
"It is vital that we trace this man as soon as possible as he could have important information to assist the investigation," he said. | |
Det Ch Supt Simon Mason said there was no prime suspect, but a "number of individuals" of "particular interest" to the investigation. | Det Ch Supt Simon Mason said there was no prime suspect, but a "number of individuals" of "particular interest" to the investigation. |
North Yorkshire Police will make a fresh appeal for information and detail the progress of the renewed investigation on BBC One at 21:30 GMT. | North Yorkshire Police will make a fresh appeal for information and detail the progress of the renewed investigation on BBC One at 21:30 GMT. |
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